“Man is not a circle with a single center; he is an ellipse with two foci. Facts are one, ideas are the other.”

About Marcus Terentius Varro

Scholar • Roman

Marcus Terentius Varro was a Roman polymath and one of ancient Rome's greatest scholars. He served as a high-ranking officer under Pompey the Great but was later pardoned by Julius Caesar. Varro wrote an estimated 74...