Quotes About Ptolemaic

Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging, that is to say different from real life which is by nature changing and temporary. It means: not according to natural truth, but according to man's desire and the pretense inspired by his fear of dying and his desire for permanence.

Ptolemaic gods are awful ,' I said. 'They're unpredictable, temperamental, dangerous, insecure -' 'Like a normal god, then,' Meg said. 'I hate you,' I said. 'I thought you loved me.' 'I'm multitasking.

The younger children, the twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, and Ptolemy Philadelphus, were spared.

A good-sized Ptolemaic vessel could carry three hundred tons of wheat down the river. At least two such ships made the trip daily—with wheat, barley, lentils—to feed Alexandria alone.

I am often asked what I would keep of Neoclassical economics in a new paradigm. My answer is that I would keep as much of Neoclassical economics as modern astronomy kept of Ptolemaic astronomy – which is to say, nothing at all.

Shandy. Have you begun your Ptolemaic