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“Lo que aseguró la casi total destrucción de las literaturas latina y griega fue una combinación de ignorancia, miedo y estupidez. Estas armas tienen menos peso narrativo, quizá, pero cuando se utilizan sin control pueden conseguir grandes logros.”

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Book:The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

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