tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post114960247152408771..comments2023-11-16T07:12:40.867-05:00Comments on Dissoi Blogoi: Necessary Conditions for a Just WarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-1149700967450589192006-06-07T13:22:00.000-04:002006-06-07T13:22:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous,No, the dissenter gave no reasons, ...Dear Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>No, the dissenter gave no reasons, and I didn't press him. But I wonder what you think the solution I propose today, which I prefer.<BR/><BR/>As to <I>De Officiis</I>--yes, Cicero's--I was moved by the <I>humanity</I> of the book and its themes when reading it now (first time with serious attention) for the seminar and for that reason added it to my list.<BR/><BR/>Is it naive to say that he tells us much about what it is to live as a good <I>human being</I>?<BR/><BR/>MPMichael Pakalukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00233648836210188722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017234.post-1149606626856983242006-06-06T11:10:00.000-04:002006-06-06T11:10:00.000-04:00I would be interested to know if your dissenting L...I would be interested to know if your dissenting Latinist gave you any reasons for his judgment. I'm not an expert by any means, and though he would certainly be right to say that <I>aut</I> wouldn't <I>normally</I> work that way, I don't know of any reason why it would be impossible. In any event, Cicero should have been less ambiguous, but I doubt that he would have written something that couldn't possibly have been construed the way that he must have wanted it to be construed. <BR/><BR/>Is it Cicero's <I>De Officiis</I> that you have listed as one of your favorite books? That's especially interesting coming from a guy who writes so much about the Nicomachean Ethics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com