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« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2008, 01:19:49 pm »

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   posted 07-27-2004 12:27 PM                       
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That's a good question. Well, first of all we have to find out where it was, then we can begin looking for lost knowledge. I suppose, if there is any, we'd be lucky for what we would find.
Even though Plutarch is the only one that specifically mentions the library's destruction, you'll notice that most of the ancien scholars mention the destruction of the books, though the numbers seem to vary. As I said, we'd be lucky if we found anything at all. Then, the ruins of Plato's academy have a similar problem!


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