Richard Janko, “The Derveni Papyrus” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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The Divane Papyrus, a Forerunner of the Stoics
This mechanism of impiety trials really changed the course of intellectual history. It meant that efforts to reconcile the science with th traditional religion backfired badly. A it er e had serious effectson the progress of science, i think, in antiquity. But this is also fascinating because it has the story that your telling seems to have os parallels with tha story that comes two thousand years later. I mean, you really have some very strong parallels, oni, that seem to exist.
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