The writer focuses on the subject of love and selects passages from the Aeneid and Heroides involving Aeneas' journey from burning Troy to the shores of Italy and his love relationship with Dido, since love represents the subject over which the auctores disagree the most and which thus reveals the inconsistencies and imperfections of revered ancient texts. ... Reading the inscription that he sees on a brass tablet in the temple, Geffrey', Chaucer's dreamer/narrator, recalls the opening lines of the Aeneid: I wol now say, if I kan, The armes and also the man That first ...

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With his out spoken lyrics, he talked about real issues in the world, which are not the usual topics of many rappers. ... Prior to his "death" Tupac purchased, read and thoroughly studied the publications and works of Machiavelli, who was a 16th century Italian war strategist who mastered the art of faking ones death, to fool his enemies. ... Why would Tupac all of a sudden take an extreme interest in a war hero who died hundreds of years ago without having a specific purpose? ... This is the same name as the Italian war hero, simply with his own and unique spelling. ... So why is it that when...

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They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. ... This was called the New World Order. ... Instead, it made them stronger by gaining more influence in the corporate world. ... The rumor is that when the time is right for them, they will create a third world war (http://www.freedomain.com/Catalog/catalog.htm). Another widespread world take over conspiracy theory, is the claim that Jews had planned a world take over by controlling banks around the world. ...

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