Some years before I had even heard of the Library of Alexandria, I had a big dream about its contents and its wealth as "the place of the cure of the soul". The books and manuscipts were displayed before me in a special light. It was a humbling dream. It only was years later through reading the works of Carl Jung and E.M. Forster that I learned of the biblioteke, which term actually refers to the Collection of Books rather than the building itself, and its importance in the history of western civilization. In light of the dream, the print copy book versus the ebook is at an interesting nexus right about now.
It had a pool?
Posted by: Alfonso | October 26, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I guess. Maybe for the sun worshippers who liked to bring the papyrus scrolls outdoors while they read.
Posted by: Marco | October 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM