Comments on: Brasenose http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/11/brasenose/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tobias Petrus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/11/brasenose/#comment-24056 Tobias Petrus Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:18:06 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/11/brasenose/#comment-24056 Word plays? Alliteration? Do I detect Fred Ahl's influence? Pretty soon you'll detect some scurrilous anti-Roman, pro-Carthaginian subversion there too! :) Word plays? Alliteration? Do I detect Fred Ahl’s influence? Pretty soon you’ll detect some scurrilous anti-Roman, pro-Carthaginian subversion there too! :)

]]> By: Iosephus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/11/brasenose/#comment-24043 Iosephus Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:08:03 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/11/brasenose/#comment-24043 I would say that once you've read him in Latin, you wouldn't want to go back to the English translation - having read the Latin, you'll realize how much you're missing even in a good translation. Word plays, even things like alliteration. I would say that once you’ve read him in Latin, you wouldn’t want to go back to the English translation - having read the Latin, you’ll realize how much you’re missing even in a good translation. Word plays, even things like alliteration.

]]> By: Legion of Mary http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/11/brasenose/#comment-24015 Legion of Mary Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:05:43 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/11/brasenose/#comment-24015 Josephus, Do you agree with the following statement: "Once you have read Augustine in Latin, reading him in English is like listening to Mozart on a kazoo." Josephus,

Do you agree with the following statement:

“Once you have read Augustine in Latin, reading him in English is like listening to Mozart on a kazoo.”

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