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The survival rate of ancient literature
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To me it is much more important to look at the various events that lead to the destruction of ancient books. Not so much to place blame as that solves nothing but as a source of information we can use today to try and avoid this fate in the future.

Nazi Germany in the 1930's with various literature and the United States in the late 1970's with disco albums proved that societies are still not above the destruction of knowledge in one form or another.

We need to do everything possible to make sure that we limit how much knowledge can be lost.
Timothy Hanna
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Re: The survival rate of ancient literature - by Timotheus - 03-16-2008, 03:17 PM

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