Livia’s plans. Livia’s calculations. The contradiction she sought. Her Gnosticism, which was never merely a theoretical affair. Her faith – her anti-faith – in the Void. Her desire for the lightning to strike. For some shift to be made.
Her Gnostic Judaism, or whatever. Her desire to force a new kind of messiah. Redemption through stupidity: wasn’t that it? By admitting the stupid into the university. By giving stupidity a position on faculty.
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