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Sardanapalus

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Ancient king mentioned by Augustine as an example of extreme hedonism who had inscribed on his tomb that he only possessed what he consumed while alive

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"What sane man would compare a republic such as this, I will not say to the Roman empire, but to the palace of Sardanapalus, the ancient king who was so abandoned to pleasures, that he caused it to be inscribed on his tomb, that now that he was dead, he possessed only those things which he had swallo"
Did Augustine of Hippo complain about liberalism in 405 AD? · u/pissdrinker32 · ↑45 · 2022-01-01
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