Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
Scaliger, perhaps the most erudite person in history, suffered no fool. He often called people known as scholars "scoundrels, asses, beasts and ignoramuses". His abusive language was particularly directed towards some Jesuits. He would have been the best Twitter follow. — PolitiTweet.org
sententiae antiquae @sentantiq
“I often marvel that he read so many books that he no longer knew anything.” Saepe mirari soleo illum tantum scrip… https://t.co/qrHqoV4JIi
