M. Porcius Cato Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) Writing an op-ed for today's NYT, Harry Mount ("Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life") casts A Vote for Latin: AT first glance, it doesn’t seem tragic that our leaders don’t study Latin anymore. But it is no coincidence that the professionalization of politics — which encourages budding politicians to think of education as mere career preparation — has occurred during an age of weak rhetoric, shifting moral values, clumsy grammar and a terror of historical references and eternal values that the Romans could teach us a thing or two about. As they themselves might have said, “Roma urbs aeterna; Latina lingua aeterna. <snip> Best part: Translation here! Edited December 3, 2007 by M. Porcius Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 See: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showto...amp;#entry77259 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segestan Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Writing an op-ed for today's NYT, Harry Mount ("Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life") casts A Vote for Latin:AT first glance, it doesn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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