Johann Christoph von Aretin was a fanatical bibliophile-a bibliomaniac.
The Church's control of knowledge of all kinds was, in my understanding, a major cause of the Reformation.
When we look back and see what they did --without easy travel or communication to wrest control from the controllers of knowledge...well, today people would not have a capacity to think this way, even as the new monks are the Tech titans.
The Church's control of knowledge of all kinds was, in my understanding, a major cause of the Reformation.
When we look back and see what they did --without easy travel or communication to wrest control from the controllers of knowledge...well, today people would not have a capacity to think this way, even as the new monks are the Tech titans.