"Pythagoras' idea of the transmigration of the soul is central."

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"I have said that God is pleased with nothing but love; but before I explain this, it will be as well to set forth the grounds on which the assertion rests. All our works, and all our labours, how gran…"

— John of the Cross

Religion1542–1591

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"I serve the great gods daily with prayers, and my fervent entreaties are sublime. O youthful Utu, for that reason look favourably upon your city Larsa! Say "Alas!" for your city! Say "Alas for the san…"

— Sin-Iddinam

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"The idol, Jwalamukhi, much worshipped by the infidels, was situated on the road to Nagarkot Some of the infidels have reported that Sultan Firoz went specially to see this idol and held a golden umbre…"

— Firuz Shah Tughlaq

1309–1388

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"May I meet him with one tooth and it aching, and one eye to be seeing seven and seventy divils in the twists of the road, and one old timber leg on him to limp into the scalding grave. There he is now…"

— John Millington Synge

Literature1871–1909

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