The Unpublished Lectures of Gilbert HighetGilbert Highet, Anthon Professor of Latin at Columbia University, was one of the twentieth century's most erudite and distinguished classicists. This book contains virtually all Professor Highet's unpublished classical lectures, which have been arranged in three groups - Greek Literature, Latin Literature, and the Classical Tradition. One finds in these lectures a celebration of classical literature, conveyed through a humane form of scholarship, with emphasis on those aspects of great writing that make the classical authors worth reading - all of which earned for Gilbert Highet an enduring place in the history of his profession. |
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Page 48
... surely be άστεῖοι and δημωφελεῖς ( 227d1-2 ) . The word Snμwpελεis is comparatively rare and is therefore meant to be emphatic and to strike a strong ringing note . The note which it strikes is a sneer at democracy : anyone who could ...
... surely be άστεῖοι and δημωφελεῖς ( 227d1-2 ) . The word Snμwpελεis is comparatively rare and is therefore meant to be emphatic and to strike a strong ringing note . The note which it strikes is a sneer at democracy : anyone who could ...
Page 174
... surely . But can the pursuit of happiness be called a right ? And is it the only right except life and liberty which ought to be mentioned in such a document ? Who coined the phrase , and what did he mean ? The phrase was written by ...
... surely . But can the pursuit of happiness be called a right ? And is it the only right except life and liberty which ought to be mentioned in such a document ? Who coined the phrase , and what did he mean ? The phrase was written by ...
Page 200
... surely they ought to be described in different styles and rhythms ; but it is difficult to understand as it was surely difficult to write . For instance , the next - to - last chapter deals with two men who are just sobering up after a ...
... surely they ought to be described in different styles and rhythms ; but it is difficult to understand as it was surely difficult to write . For instance , the next - to - last chapter deals with two men who are just sobering up after a ...
Contents
Aristophanes | 9 |
Aristophanes Frogs | 24 |
Platos Phaedrus | 30 |
Copyright | |
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