The Unpublished Lectures of Gilbert HighetGilbert Highet, Anthon Professor of Latin at Columbia University, was one of the twentieth century's most erudite and distinguished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 This book contains virtually all Professor Highet's unpublished classical lectures, which have been arranged in three groups - Greek Literature, Latin Literature, and the Classical Tradition.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 89
... writing Latin tries to avoid them . Can you imagine a modern general writing two books about his experiences in war and delib- erately never saying " although " or " therefore " ? If we go on analyzing , we find more peculiarities along ...
... writing Latin tries to avoid them . Can you imagine a modern general writing two books about his experiences in war and delib- erately never saying " although " or " therefore " ? If we go on analyzing , we find more peculiarities along ...
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... writing without prejudice and giving only the essential data ; but in fact they always color their story by the way ... writing history ( Brutus 75/262 ) . And there we have the main explanation for the name Commentarii , for the cold ...
... writing without prejudice and giving only the essential data ; but in fact they always color their story by the way ... writing history ( Brutus 75/262 ) . And there we have the main explanation for the name Commentarii , for the cold ...
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... writing . First , by drawing a picture for each word or concept - as in Chinese ; this is the earliest system . Second , by writing a sign , any kind of sign — a dot , a circle , a cross , or what not - for each different syllable of ...
... writing . First , by drawing a picture for each word or concept - as in Chinese ; this is the earliest system . Second , by writing a sign , any kind of sign — a dot , a circle , a cross , or what not - for each different syllable of ...
Contents
Aristophanes | 9 |
Aristophanes Frogs | 24 |
Platos Phaedrus | 30 |
Copyright | |
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