words, and his letters developed rather sophisticated arguments. Think about it this way: in the ancient world, the average personal letter was about 100 to 200 words, basically one paragraph. Most of the information in a typical letter was mundane. Hi, I hope you are doing well. How is this problem? Thank you for such and such. I need you to send me this. Farewell, and say hello to so-and-so. Now, for Paul, on average he writes about 2,500 words, and sometimes as many as 7,000.7 That is a difference