Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Instability
Orosius, Against the Pagans 2.6.13 (tr. Roy J. Deferrari):
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It is not necessary at this point to amplify the unstable conditions of changing events. For whatever is made by the hand and work of man collapses and is consumed by the passage of time, as the capture of Babylon confirms.
exaggerare hoc loco mutabilium rerum instabiles status non opus est: quidquid enim est opere et manu factum, labi et consumi vetustate, Babylon capta confirmat.
