get a fucking life
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Leofranc Holford-Strevens wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan > Knauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Is it likely that there was > >a common Greek and Roman sentiment toward the barbarian tribes that classed > >them as what a civilized person might become if overcome by extreme > >passions like love and hate? > > Certainly: Greeks (and Romans when they can no longer be called > barbarians) are distinguished, in their own eyes at least, by the > ability to givern themselves by reason. A Gaul or Thracian, say, may > have more brute courage than a Greek or Roman, because he will charge > into battle where a civilized person would have thought better of it; > but if the charge doesn't carry all before it he is disheartened and > gives up where a Greek or a Roman would have stuck to it. That is to > say, he cannot rationally judge which dangers are to be risked and which > avoided, which hardships are to be endured and which refused. > > -- > Leofranc Holford-Strevens > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
