Ar-Lamech of Sirap's Songs Rescued from the Deluge

...and fled to the countryside. Residing in forests and high mountains seemed to him to be preeminently his true fatherland. Only there did he feel at ease. His soul grew great in the presence of nature.

A way of life, so very different from his current one—indeed, its exact opposite—now awaited him and gave him the opportunity to develop his intellectual faculties Verstandeskräfte|mental powers or cognitive abilities. He was entrusted with the supervision of one of the most beautiful and largest libraries. This subordinate position, as unimportant as it seemed in the eyes of his peers original: "seines Gleichen"; those of his same social standing or rank., soon became dear and precious to him. He now occupied himself incessantly with comparing original: "konfrontiren"; to bring face-to-face or contrast. the best books ever to sprout from a human brain with the great Book of Nature A popular Enlightenment-era metaphor suggesting that the natural world is a primary text of divine wisdom that complements or challenges written scholarship..

Surrounded by errors of every kind, from every time and place, he had yet another advantage (if it can be called such): he became the accomplice Spießgeselle|partner-in-crime or close associate of the authors and the patron Mäzen|a Maecenas or financial supporter of lies. He used them to [examine] prejudices in their...