The loss of the knowledge of antiquity didn't occur with the burning of the library at Alexandria (48 BC), but rather between 400-600 AD when the papyri deteriorated and could not be copied due to time and expense.
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The loss of the knowledge of antiquity didn't occur with the burning of the library at Alexandria (48 BC), but rather between 400-600 AD when the papyri deteriorated and could not be copied due to time and expense. The decision on what to save was made by monks, which is why we have more from St Augustine than all pagan classical Latin, an unintentional moment of censorship
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The loss of the knowledge of antiquity didn't occur with the burning of the library at Alexandria (48 BC), but rather between 400-600 AD when the papyri deteriorated and could not be copied due to time and expense. The decision on what to save was made by monks, which is why we have more from St Augustine than all pagan classical Latin, an unintentional moment of censorship
So the tastes of today's book collectors may determine what survives as everything else is lost to the book burners and digital slop?
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