thraxios: (and make everybody late)
gideon thraxios ([personal profile] thraxios) wrote in [community profile] paradisa2013-05-13 09:08 am
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two.

The number of books available in the library is astounding. If not for the lack of comfortable bedding, I think I should be content to live there permanently.

I've started with books of philosophy; the selection is wide and many of the writers, unknown to me. They do present a curious problem, however, since most of them come from unfamiliar cultures.

A great number expect familiarity with a figure called Jesus Christ, which has stymied me for the moment. From what I've been able to gather, he was the central martyr or pacifist god of a mystery cult (perhaps both?). It seems a remarkably well-traveled one, which makes it all the more intriguing.

Reading with that assumption in mind is enough to make sense of the text. It's clear, however, that a deeper familiarity with the cult's theological tenets is required to fully appreciate the writers' arguments.

If anyone reading this is better acquainted with "Christianity," any recommendations for introductory readings would be appreciated. Its holy texts are rather long, and thus far, they offer little in the way of context.

[And if you're interested in bugging him, Gideon can be found in the library. He's sitting a table stacked high with books and sheets of paper, on which he's taking careful notes with pen and ink. Someday we've gotta introduce this boy to ballpoint pens. Among the open books are an atlas open to a map of the Mediterranean, several books of philosophy, a King James Bible, and his wax tablet (just in case).]
heloise: (& / crown)

[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-22 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
What makes one a scholar and another not, I wonder.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Is it personal, now? It would be cruel of me to deny you any explanation I can offer then.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ The first is true, although there are too many who would rather claim ignorance. But it is the question that takes her aback, chuckling awkwardly. ]

I should hope not.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
No. Paradisa is a misnomer, as you will soon discover.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
What did you expect?
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ She can count on one hand the people she knows who should be otherwise dead. Perhaps many of them prefer not to say or even think of it. ]

It makes one wonder if there is redemption still after life.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps. [ She likes the thought of redemption anyway. More is better. ]

I could read you Aquinas.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
Are you fond of listening?
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Good. I am fond of company.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 10:59 am (UTC)(link)
Lucrezia Borgia. Call me Lucrezia.
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[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
Come to the mansion near the city.

[ Though not so near, but she's not the most considerate. ]
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absolutely!

[personal profile] heloise 2013-05-24 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He certainly can. The mansion itself is some forty minutes walk away from the castle, a rather imposing structure even when marked by a large crack in the courtyard and one wing obviously scarred by the recent quake. The rest stands untouched.

He would be greeted by a plain maid when he arrives and asked to wait in a sitting room with many and mismatched couches. There would be flowers in a vase nearby. Madonna lilies. ]

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