http://pileusblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/pompeiis-living-statues/ A Classical Liberal Blog on Political Science, Economics, Philosophy, Law, and More Sun, 19 May 2013 07:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://pileusblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/pompeiis-living-statues/#comment-4050 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:46:49 +0000 http://pileusblog.wordpress.com/?p=4614#comment-4050 Yes the excerpt is stunning. One might also conclude: “…the folk of Herculaneum discovered what every generation of men must learn” death is near and no one will escape, no how, no way.

]]> http://pileusblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/pompeiis-living-statues/#comment-4044 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:06:13 +0000 http://pileusblog.wordpress.com/?p=4614#comment-4044 Whoa. Stunning indeed. I have now received the definitive wake-up call from my notion of the Roman imperial government as the very paradigm of the benificent big-government state that was always looking out for the fortunes of the little guy. How foolish of me to go seeking my politics in ancient history!

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