Latin for Addicts: Verbs of Forgetting.
Year: 2012
Blogosphere ~ In Hac Voluptate Consenui
Laudator Temporis Acti: In Hac Voluptate Consenui.
Amo, Amas, Amat Wild Nothing
This one has been making the rounds as well and I’ve just had a chance to listen … the sound is very 1980s, kind of like Pet Shop Boys meets New Order … half way through, the voice conjugates amare (but pronounces ‘v’ as ‘v’) … still an interesting listen:
… reading though the comments I see folks mentioning Neoplatonism and the like, but I don’t quite see/hear it.
Socrates Bashing
I came across these a while ago … figured someone would want to read them. They’re a series about why Socratic philosophy is overrated by someone called ‘Richard in Japan’:
- Socrates Was a Fraud: The Emperor’s New Philosophy
- Socrates Was a Fraud Pt. 2: Irony and Humility
- Socrates Was a Fraud Pt. 3: Philosopher? King!
- Socrates Was a Fraud, Pt. 4: Suicide by Jury
… not sure there’s anything ‘new’ here; seem to be some pretty standard criticisms.
The Future of Ancient Greek
Some noggin fodder stemming from Wilfrid Major’s recent Classical Outlook article at Dickinson College Commentaries:
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