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Originally posted by sasguru View PostIndeed. Logic is more important than numeracy. But need both. How do you get that "analysing" English or Latin literature?
Read this out loud and listen to the sounds:
Quicquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis
(what ever it is, I fear Greeks, even bearing gifts)But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Originally posted by Gibbon View PostAnalysing Latin literature is far more difficult than integrating a Runge Kutter algorithm into a ballistic calculation. I know because I've done both. And Attic or Ionic Greek is another level completely. Greek and Latin poems are incredibly complex, its not just word substitution. They have a beat and rhythm and every word placement has meaning even down to the sounds of the words.
Read this out loud and listen to the sounds:
Quicquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis
(what ever it is, I fear Greeks, even bearing gifts)Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View Post'ferentes' IIRC
Both can be accusative plural.
I use this site for most of my Latin analysis
P. Vergilius Maro,
Aeneid,
Book 2, line 40But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Originally posted by Gibbon View PostMost printed versions of the text have the variant ferentis instead of ferentes - Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes - Wikipedia
Both can be accusative plural.
I use this site for most of my Latin analysis
P. Vergilius Maro,
Aeneid,
Book 2, line 40Comment
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Originally posted by Gibbon View PostAnalysing Latin literature is far more difficult than integrating a Runge Kutter algorithm into a ballistic calculation. I know because I've done both
And lots of things are difficult for most people, learning any sort of language for example.
Yet I know many multi-lingual people who are thick as mince.Last edited by sasguru; 25 September 2019, 14:28.Hard Brexit now!
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I haven't studied classics to know how it compares to a scientific or history degree (which are both rigorous) but my understanding is there are no easy degrees in Oxford or Cambridge. And you do not get in if you're a dummkopf.
I am most surprised by his seeming naivety that he could just barge his way through all this. After all these years in parliament, many in the highest levels, how has he so miscalculated?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI haven't studied classics to know how it compares to a scientific or history degree (which are both rigorous) but my understanding is there are no easy degrees in Oxford or Cambridge. And you do not get in if you're a dummkopf.
I am most surprised by his seeming naivety that he could just barge his way through all this. After all these years in parliament, many in the highest levels, how has he so miscalculated?“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI haven't studied classics to know how it compares to a scientific or history degree (which are both rigorous) but my understanding is there are no easy degrees in Oxford or Cambridge. And you do not get in if you're a dummkopf.
I am most surprised by his seeming naivety that he could just barge his way through all this. After all these years in parliament, many in the highest levels, how has he so miscalculated?
*Apparently this was stopped but still existed when the current culprits were a lad.Last edited by sasguru; 25 September 2019, 15:58.Hard Brexit now!
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Well he didn't do a special degree, he did Classics, for which he got a scholarship. He did 'only' get a 2:1 but from Oxford that's hardly shabby.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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