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Oppenheimer and Philosophy

Long 19th- 20th centuries / August 20, 2023 / military history

This quote has risen in the public consciousness since the premier of _Oppenheimer_, the film. The father of the atomic bomb recalled this phrase turning in his mind as he witnessed the first nuclear bomb explode at the Trinity test site on July 16, 1945. It turns out, Robert Oppenheimer was extremely well versed in […]

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Flavius Aetius

General Flavius Aetius, considered by many to have been the last capable Roman leader in the Western Empire, defended Rome from the invasions of the Huns. He was assassinated by a weak Roman Emperor who allegedly boasted how well he had done by the act. Supposedly, one of the emperor’s courtiers responded: “whether you have

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