Lucretius covers this in book four of the de Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe), which deals with a panoply of things connected to images, from how we see, to dreams, to mirrors, to mythological portents.
Even with the full panoply of protection, things can and do go wrong.
The prevalence of lifestyle diseases – atherosclerosis, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and the whole panoply of bad things that are associated with obesity, smoking and alcohol and drug abuse – is rising alarmingly.
Occasionally, though, I still head back to this panoply of all things which scuttle, swim and soar, to remind myself how beautiful and precious is the natural world we have to protect.
Congressional caucuses exist for a panoply of tech specific issues including the Internet of Things, bio-engineering, micro-businesses (i.e. shared economy) and Open Source Technology.
But, while blessed with beauty and wisdom, Ophelia was cursed with a wonky metabolism and a panoply of food allergies — and not just to normal things like nuts or shellfish but to crazy things like tahini and grape skins and broccoli rabe.
On weekend evenings, the restaurant forgoes its panoply of omelettes, Greek salads, and tuna melts and pares things down to a three-course prix-fixe dinner.
At a conference held at Harvard Business School in March a panoply of corporate bigwigs complained about Congress's unwillingness to invest in things that would boost competitiveness.
Another film, another mirthless panoply of flesh.
Nature includes the panoply of the lifeworld.
