tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post855145894526737978..comments2023-06-01T09:09:04.165-04:00Comments on CAMPVS MAWRTIVS: Bad comic LatinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post-8198748039596542592008-08-13T18:08:00.000-04:002008-08-13T18:08:00.000-04:00It wasn't Thomas Jefferson who was known for this ...It wasn't Thomas Jefferson who was known for this talent of ambidextrous classicism; it was Garfield.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09685932151847506566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742475.post-54546418360657189672008-07-21T18:22:00.000-04:002008-07-21T18:22:00.000-04:00I think it's comical that anyone could argue Latin...I think it's comical that anyone could argue Latin is a "dead language" when PEOPLE ARE WRITING CARTOONS IN IT (or at least trying).<BR/><BR/>The so-called death of Latin in the US, I believe, is directly related to the current downward spiral in American civic participation. The philosophies learned when studying the great authors of the Classical world were the very seminal ideas upon which the US was founded. One cannot forget that without the Classics (both Latin and Greek) our forefathers would have had no basis or hope for an enlightened nation with democratic ideals.<BR/><BR/>So in short, if you think Latin is a dead language, then the terrorists win.<BR/><BR/>Here’s a more interesting comment/question: is it true that Thomas Jefferson could write Latin with one hand while simultaneously writing Greek with the other? If so, were they the same thought? If not, how did this myth come to be?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09685932151847506566noreply@blogger.com