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 ====== Commonplace I - Interesting Things - 2020 ======
+===== Manilius, Astronomica 67-84 =====
+https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2021/01/20/knowledge-cooperation-and-the-common-good-3/
+“Humanity waited, thunderstruck by the new light in the sky,
+First grieving as it disappeared, then overjoyed at its return.
+The human race was incapable of understanding the reasons
+Why the sun rose so frequently once it sent the stars
+In flight, why the length of days and nights was uncertain
+And why the shadows changed too as the sun moved farther away.
+Stubborn obsession had not yet taught humankind knowledge and skill
+And the land was resting open at the hands of untrained farmers.
+At that time gold was resting in untouched mountains
+And the untroubled sea hid strange worlds—
+For the human race did not dare to risk life
+In the waves or wind—people believed that they did not know enough.
+But the passage of long days sharpened mortal thought
+And hard work produced invention for the miserable
+Just as each person’s luck compelled him to turn to himself to make life better.
+Then, they competed with each other once their interests were divided
+And whatever wisdom practice found through testing,
+They happily shared for the common good.”
 ===== Jewish God Yahweh Originated in Canaanite Vulcan, Says New Theory =====