Can writing save your life?
Pliny the Elder writing his Natural History and dedicating it to Emperor Vespasian, Le Mans, Bibliothèque Municipale, 263, f. 10v
Writing has saved many mental lives, though it has also probably helped some lose theirs.
Writing dissident tracts during a totalitarian regime led to many deaths. Writing propagandist works during a totalitarian regime may hav…
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