#charlemagne — Public Fediverse posts
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@dangillmor “And those people should not be listened to who keep saying 'the voice of the people is the voice of God', since the #riotousness of the crowd is always very close to #madness.” *
Cf. Elon's misquote: Alkuin wrote this to #Charlemagne (798). He was opposed to #voxDei tweets.
*Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit. ✍🏻 Alkuin of York (735-804)
#voxPopuli #voxDei #populism
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“And those people should not be listened to who keep saying 'the voice of the people is the voice of God', since the #riotousness of the crowd is always very close to #madness.”
Dear #Elon: Alcuin wrote this to #Charlemagne (798). TL;DR he was opposed to #voxDei tweets.
Latin original:
Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.
✍🏻 Alkuin of York (735-804)