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'And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.' Attributed to Alexander the Great. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/19/and-alexan
by robotresearcher 6y ago
'And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.'
Attributed to Alexander the Great.
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/19/and-alexander-wept/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/19/and-alexander...
- cercatrova 6y ago"It is reported that King Alexander the Great, hearing Anaxarchus the philosopher discoursing and maintaining this position: That there were worlds innumerable: fell a-weeping: and when his friends and familiars about him asked what he ailed. Have I not (quoth he) good cause to weep, that being as there are an infinite number of worlds, I am not yet the lord of one?"