Pope Leo

We don t have the freedom of discussing matters, as do the philosophers. We must speak by the rules. We are called enemies of the cross (as Pope Leo says) not only for our deeds but also for our words. Moreover, there are in the Catholic party, many or rather the greater part, who are timid and weak, and must be nourished with milk rather than solid food. The head of that orthodox sect, [Christ], addresses them, privileged by his special love Let the little ones come to me. .. We must therefore act with more moderation and spare the ears of the monastics and avoid offending the pious ears of simple people. We must respect the views of the people. 

Immediately through the arch, Pope Leo X encountered a beautiful Greek statue of Aphrodite with the rest of the message in gold Mars has gone and Minerva Reigns But Venus still our worship claims. 

Perhaps the Medici Pope Leo X made the greatest Papal faux pas of all time when ebullient and jesting, he quipped to the Venetian scholar Pietro Bembo °... 

Raphaeld483-1520) painted Pope Leo X around 1517. The painting is to be found today in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. 

Thomas Alva Edison, willingly testified, as did Pope Leo XIII. 

The orders were terse and to the point. Cardinal Doria, legate of Urbino, and Sempronio Semproni, governor of the prison of San Leo, were made personally responsible to His Holiness Pope Pius VI for ensuring that Giuseppe Balsamo remained locked in San Leo for the term of his natural life without the possibility of a pardon and under strict custody. Balsamo was forbidden to converse with anyone inside or outside the prison and was... 

After Perestroika I worked abroad and enjoyed the collaboration and support of my friends Franco Bassani and Giuseppe La Rocca (Pisa), Peter Reineker (Ulm), Karl Leo and Michael Hoffmann (Dresden), Claude Weisbuch and Henri Benisty (Paris), Steve Forrest (Princeton), Shaul Mukamel (Rochester), and particularly Hobson Wildenthal (Dallas), who made it possible for me to discuss many new and interesting condensed matter problems. I thank my long time friends Joseph Birman (New York City) who persuaded me to prepare an updated translation of my Russian book and Martin Pope for valuable discussions. I am deeply grateful to Michael Philpott who read the manuscript and provided comments, corrections and valuable advices on the material discussed here and to Gerard Czajkowski who translated the book and helped me with the editorial preparation of the text, giving me much valuable advice. 

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