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May 8th, 2008, 10:10 PM
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Limbonic Architect
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I'm finally done with school for the summer. And I'm happy because I have so many books I want to read. Hesiod, Herodotus, Aurelius, Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Suetonius, Augustine and many more have been in my backlog.
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May 9th, 2008, 12:47 AM
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Darkness It Shall Be
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Originally Posted by mutantllama
How I love that 10%.
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May 9th, 2008, 08:53 AM
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Winter is Coming...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zephyrus
I'm finally done with school for the summer. And I'm happy because I have so many books I want to read. Hesiod, Herodotus, Aurelius, Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Suetonius, Augustine and many more have been in my backlog.
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I read Suetonius's Twelve Caesars for my Roman Empire course. We had to compare his account with Tacitus's, because they offer contrasting views on a lot of points. |
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May 9th, 2008, 08:56 AM
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Limbonic Architect
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Cool. I just started reading Hesiod this morning.
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May 9th, 2008, 09:14 AM
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Winter is Coming...
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What work(s) are you reading?
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May 9th, 2008, 09:35 AM
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Limbonic Architect
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Theogony and Works & Days.
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May 9th, 2008, 09:51 AM
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Winter is Coming...
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Theogony sounds really cool. I'd like to get into that someday. Let me know how they are. Happy reading!
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May 9th, 2008, 02:57 PM
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Why do you want to read Aristotle? His ideas on physics (including the elements and motion) were the epitome of inaccuracy.
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May 9th, 2008, 04:30 PM
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Winter is Coming...
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He's not a science major. He's studying the Classics. Historians don't study ancient philosophical works under the impression that they're scientifically accurate. They study them because they offer insight into the society and culture in which said writer(s) lived, and to trace the course and maturation of knowledge and enlightenment. People don't read Aristotle nowadays to pass a physics exam.
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May 9th, 2008, 04:41 PM
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Moonbow
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tbh I was being facetious
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