Paul J. du Plessis

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Paul J. du Plessis

@SententiaePauli

All things Roman and Roman law! Tweets are personal. Retweeting/following should not be interpreted as an endorsement. 🏳️‍🌈 - @sententiaepauli.bsky.social

Edinburgh, Scotland Sumali Temmuz 2015

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Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair)@_HelenDale·3d

As many of you know, it’s the 250th anniversary of the publication of Wealth of Nations. @LawLiberty has thus run a series of Adam Smith appreciations—but from non-economists—for March. I’m a lawyer & novelist, & here’s my final piece for the month. lawliberty.org/forum/a-true-h…

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Paul J. du Plessis@SententiaePauli·12 Mar

@HusaJaakko We both had hair.

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Jaakko Husa@HusaJaakko·12 Mar

Less digital, more real.

Science girl@sciencegirl

People who actually experienced the 1990s: What is something you miss from that decade that just isn't the same today

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UCU Scotland@UCUScotland·11 Mar

Our #SaveHE call on the front of today’s @heraldscotland #StopTheCuts

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Neil Renic@NC_Renic·9 Mar

The journal: “your work is being cited” Me: 😃 The citation: “…as he stupidly and unattractively argues…”

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Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfine·9 Mar

no one in academia is cool. absolutely nobody at all.

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Academia is like high school. There are the cool kids doing research that everyone talks about, and it's pretty hard to get into those circles.

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Times Higher Education@timeshighered·23 Şub

UCL will close its Institute of Advanced Studies this summer, stating the interdisciplinary research centre is no longer financially sustainable, reports @jgro_the timeshighereducation.com/news/ucl-axes-…

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Paul J. du Plessis@SententiaePauli·18 Şub

@HusaJaakko Can confirm.

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Jaakko Husa@HusaJaakko·18 Şub

My Monday morning face

Massimo@Rainmaker1973

The face of a 192 year old tortoise, the oldest known living land animal.

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Neil Renic@NC_Renic·21 Kas

Historians: “in this opening volume, I consider British cavalry innovation from 1817 (January) to 1817 (May)” Economists: “in this blog post, I explain human origins, progress, and decline”

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Philippe Lemoine@phl43·5 Kas

If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".

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Michael McGill 🏛@mcgillmd921·23 Eki

He wrote one of the greatest history books ever printed, inspired by a walk amongst the ruins of Rome. Edward Gibbon did not plan to write the death of Rome. Rome persuaded him to write it. This is the story of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 🧵🏛️

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Neil Renic@NC_Renic·21 Eki

Modern academic: “I hope the person who wrote the article I’m responding to gets my subtle dig in footnote 17” 19th century academic: “…here I respond to my enemies, impotent of body and feeble of mind”

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Paul J. du Plessis@SententiaePauli·19 Eki

@benjcartlidge This cover design fills me with anxiety.

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Ben Cartlidge@benjcartlidge·19 Eki

Schattenfroh + Schatten

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Paul J. du Plessis@SententiaePauli·19 Eki

Finally. My time has come. *wonders why I went into this room in the first place. What was I looking for again?*

Nicholas Fabiano, MD@NTFabiano

Human functioning peaks during late midlife.

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Paul J. du Plessis@SententiaePauli·18 Eki

@Pete_Candy @lanarkboy ‘The proposed new interdisciplinary programme combines a number of desperate methodologies’. My favourite typo ever in a university advertisement for a new degree programme.

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