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Okay, because I can be very silly, this second group of books will start off with Vitruvian Penguin:
The proper opening to Book Six is thus: It is related of the Socratic philosopher Aristippus*, that being shipwrecked and cast ashore on the coast of the Rhodians, he observed geometrical figures drawn thereon and cried out to his companions: 'Let us be of good cheer because I see the traces of man.'
Corinthian atrium from #Pompeii at the House of M. Epidius Rufus ...
The reason for visiting Vitruvius is the question of concrete, and did the Romans use it. The answer lies in the first chapter of Book VII:
HUZZAH! Job done.
*Aristippus glorified bodily pleasure and Epicurus glorified intellectual pleasures - Aristippus may have been the forefather of the sexual revolution. Both believed there was no afterlife for the Gods to exact revenge in.
Aristippus had a nose to the carnal.
Aristippus, Rome Palazzo Spada
Okay, because I can be very silly, this second group of books will start off with Vitruvian Penguin:
The proper opening to Book Six is thus: It is related of the Socratic philosopher Aristippus*, that being shipwrecked and cast ashore on the coast of the Rhodians, he observed geometrical figures drawn thereon and cried out to his companions: 'Let us be of good cheer because I see the traces of man.'
Corinthian atrium from #Pompeii at the House of M. Epidius Rufus ...The reason for visiting Vitruvius is the question of concrete, and did the Romans use it. The answer lies in the first chapter of Book VII:
First I shall begin with the concrete flooring, which is the most important of the polished finishings, observing that great pains and the utmost precaution must be taken to ensure its durability.
HUZZAH! Job done.
*Aristippus glorified bodily pleasure and Epicurus glorified intellectual pleasures - Aristippus may have been the forefather of the sexual revolution. Both believed there was no afterlife for the Gods to exact revenge in.
Aristippus had a nose to the carnal.Aristippus, Rome Palazzo Spada
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