Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears.

Le città come i sogni sono costruite di desideri e di paure.

Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities

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Topic

Cities

Author

Italo Calvino

Source

Invisible Cities

Medium

Novel

Language

Italian

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Calvino, Italo. Le citta invisibili [Invisible Cities]. Giulio Einaudi, 1972.

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For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

Robert Jastrow

God and the Astronomers

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Science and religion

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Robert Jastrow
Source
God and the Astronomers
Genre
Religious literature Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Jastrow, Robert. God and the Astronomers. W. W. Norton & Company, 1978, ch. 9.

Another quote originally in Italian

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasions for it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

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Niccolo Machiavelli
Source
Discourses on Livy
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Italian
Time
1531 1530s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio [Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy]. Papal Privilege, 1531, bk. 1, ch. 3

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolo. Discourses on Livy, translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1, ch. 3.