β Scribed by Bringhurst, Robert;
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Robert Bringhurst is one of the world's foremost mythologists and typographers, and #x93;without doubt a major poet." #x97;Poetry.;Cover; Title Page; Note to Reader; Dedication; Contents; The Beauty of the Weapons; The Beauty of the Weapons; Song of the Summit; Ararat; A Quadratic Equation; One Glyph; The Greenland Stone; Poem About Crystal; A Lesson in Botany; Some Ciphers; Anecdote of the Squid; Deuteronomy; Jacob Singing; An Augury; Essay on Adam; Deuteronomy; The Old in Their Knowing; I . Herakleitos; II . Parmenides; III . Miletos; IV . A Short History; V . Empedokles: Seven Fragments; VI . Empedokles' Recipes; VII . pherekydes; VIII . Pythagoras; IX . Demokritos; X . Xenophanes; XI . Of the Snaring of Birds.
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