The Unpublished Lectures of Gilbert HighetGilbert Highet, Anthon Professor of Latin at Columbia University, was one of the twentieth century's most erudite and distinguished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 This book contains virtually all Professor Highet's unpublished classical lectures, which have been arranged in three groups - Greek Literature, Latin Literature, and the Classical Tradition.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 40
... understand psychology . He has no inkling of true philosophy , which raises men above temporary whims to a knowledge of the truth and makes them understand the mind and will of the gods ( 273e5-8 ) . And his political ambitions , such ...
... understand psychology . He has no inkling of true philosophy , which raises men above temporary whims to a knowledge of the truth and makes them understand the mind and will of the gods ( 273e5-8 ) . And his political ambitions , such ...
Page 200
... understand as possible , heaping up double and quadru- ple and decuple meanings , constantly interrupting the movement of the narrative with apparently irrelevant parodies and reminis- cences , stepping into them out of the minds of his ...
... understand as possible , heaping up double and quadru- ple and decuple meanings , constantly interrupting the movement of the narrative with apparently irrelevant parodies and reminis- cences , stepping into them out of the minds of his ...
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... understand the continuous power it exercises ; we may distort or minimize its significance ; but it is always with us . It is not our physical but our spiritual heredity . We have taken millions of years to evolve into the unique beings ...
... understand the continuous power it exercises ; we may distort or minimize its significance ; but it is always with us . It is not our physical but our spiritual heredity . We have taken millions of years to evolve into the unique beings ...
Contents
Aristophanes | 9 |
Aristophanes Frogs | 24 |
Platos Phaedrus | 30 |
Copyright | |
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