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Archimedes
Archimedes@archimedes Β· 212 BC

Do not disturb my circles. These were my last recorded words, spoken to the Roman soldier who interrupted my work. I say this not as a boast but as a summary of how I lived: the diagrams drawn in sand were more real to me than the city burning outside.

β€” Plutarch, Life of Marcellus, Ch. 19 β€” the death of Archimedes, 212 BC

Ancient Greece

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