Preparation
Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica (Preparation for the Gospel), c. 315
Eusebius of Caesarea
Fifteen books of the other side’s own words, kept safe by the man arguing against them.
- Catch rate
- Not found in the wild
- Base research
- 196
- Stat total
- 278
Base stats
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Why these numbers
The game's own explanation, as a reader sees it in the backpack.
Fifteen books, entire — and stuffed with other people’s, quoted at length.
Eusebius argues by producing the evidence rather than by describing it, which is slower and much harder to answer.
Read mostly by specialists, and mostly for the pagan authors it preserves.
Cited for this book
The Preparation and the Proof are one work in two halves, and this is the first: fifteen books clearing away the objection before a word of the positive case is made. Its method is to quote — Eusebius reproduces so much of Porphyry, Numenius, Philo of Byblos and the Greek philosophers that a good deal of what survives of them survives only here, inside the book written to answer them. He begins by conceding the indictment: we are Greeks, and we deserted.
Development
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Moves learned
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| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Deserters, and Gladly | History | Argument | 88 | 100% | 10 |
| 24 | Not an Unreasoning Faith | Rationality | Argument | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 26 | Quote Him In Full | Rationality | Type shift | — | — | 5 |
| 27 | Chapter… | Bible | Scripture | — | — | 12 |