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The saying Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat (literally: Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) or Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius (literally: Those whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) has been used in English literature since at least the 17th century.
Gregory the Great: In these things are shown the twofold nature in one person; it is the man whom the Devil tempts; the same is God to whom Angels minister. [9] Pseudo-Chrysostom: Now let us shortly review what is signified by Christ's temptations. The fasting is abstinence from things evil, hunger is the desire of evil, bread is the ...
The fundamental theme of the Book of Daniel is God's control over history. [3] According to Deuteronomy 32:8–9 God assigned each nation its own divine patron; originally these were subordinate gods, but by the time Daniel came to be written they had been redefined as angels.
Where there was dignity in life there should be dignity in death. So teaches “Antigone.” Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, wherein a young woman holds her own against a tyrant ruler who refuses to ...
The film begins in the celestial realms, with three superhuman entities – gods, or perhaps angels – regarding the planet Earth. Despairing of these "animals" that one of them continues to care about, the other two dare him to conduct an experiment to see if such lesser creatures can handle the kind of power over reality that might let them deserve to reach the stars.
Matt Tyrnauer's three-part docuseries digs deep on the once-dominant lingerie brand, its place in culture, its parent company founder Les Wexner, his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and more.
The Great Divorce is a novel by the British author C. S. Lewis, published in 1945, based on a theological dream vision of his in which he reflects on the Christian conceptions of Heaven and Hell. The working title was Who Goes Home? but the final name was changed at the publisher's insistence.
Whom the Gods Would Destroy is a 1970 novel by Richard P. Powell. Whom the Gods Would Destroy or Whom (the) Gods Destroy may also refer to: " Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad ", a phrase used in English literature since at least the 17th century