I found this LA Times article by accident, and it got me thinking about the asset of being able to see today's challenges with a full perspective that includes the past. Classical history seems to provide an unparalleled
Check out this LA Times editorial from a British Caesar historian who contemplates our current situation in Iraq.
Excerpt: "Even without 24-hour news and an international community watching his every move, Caesar was acutely aware of the need to win over public opinion. Each winter he produced an account of the year's campaign, designed to be read aloud and to thrill an audience of Romans."
Maybe you can shake up your discussions a bit at home thinking about how Caesar might have handled the Iraq war differently.
BTW please forward me any articles you come across that have this classical-contemporary bent...they don't have to be political; they could be about anything. I hope to post regularly - and these types of topics might provide good mulling opportunities for logic and rhetoric age students.
LA Times- Caesar: Diplomacy and Power
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Friday, March 16, 2007
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Previous Latin Sayings of the Week
"Soli deo gloria." - For the glory of God alone.
Christus resurrexit! Vere resurrexit! - Christ is Risen! He is risen, indeed!
"Lex malla, lex nulla." - St. Thomas Aquinas
"Cantantes licet usque (minus via laedit) eamus. " - Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
"Caelitus mihi vires." - My strength is from heaven.
"Magnificat anima mea Dominum, et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo Salvatore meo" - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior (Luke 1:45)
In Omnibus Ipse Primatum Tenens “That in all things He (Christ) might have the preeminence.” (Colossians 1:16-18)
"Qui bene cantat bis orat." - He who sings well, prays twice - (St Augustine)
"Nos fecisti ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te." - Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee. (St Augustine)
"Caelitus mihi vires." - My strength is from heaven.
"Ubi caritas et amor Deus ibi est." - Where there is charity and love, God is there.
"Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis ."
Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. - St Augustine
"Deo vindice" - With God as Protector
"Credite amori vera dicenti." - Believe love speaking the truth. (St. Jerome)
De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa calcamus." - If we tread our vices under feet, we make them a ladder to rise to higher things. (St. Augustine)
Dei gratia - By the grace of God
Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum. - The Word of the Lord Endures Forever.
"Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis." - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
"Deo iuvante" - with God's help
"Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus." - That God may be glorified in all things
"Pax vobiscum." Peace be with you.
"Jubilate Deo." Be joyful in the Lord.
"Ille vir, haud magna cum re, sed plenus fidei." He is a man, not of ample means, but full of good faith.
"Facit enim mihi magna qui potens est." - For He that is mighty does to me great things.
"Oremus semper pro invicem." - Let us ever pray for each other.
"Distrahit animum librorum multitudo." - Seneca
A multitude of books distracts the mind.
"Nullam est nunc dictum, quod sit non dictum prius." - Terence
There is nothing said now, that has not been said before.
"Nosce te ipsum." - Plato
Know thyself.
"Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis" - Not for you, not for me, but for us.
"Primum non nocere." - First, do no harm (Hippocrates)
"Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis." - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
"Deo iuvante" - with God's help
"Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus." - That God may be glorified in all things
"Pax vobiscum." Peace be with you.
"Jubilate Deo." Be joyful in the Lord.
"Ille vir, haud magna cum re, sed plenus fidei." He is a man, not of ample means, but full of good faith.
"Facit enim mihi magna qui potens est." - For He that is mighty does to me great things.
"Oremus semper pro invicem." - Let us ever pray for each other.
"Distrahit animum librorum multitudo." - Seneca
A multitude of books distracts the mind.
"Nullam est nunc dictum, quod sit non dictum prius." - Terence
There is nothing said now, that has not been said before.
"Nosce te ipsum." - Plato
Know thyself.
"Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis" - Not for you, not for me, but for us.
"Primum non nocere." - First, do no harm (Hippocrates)
"Dei plena sunt omnia." - Cicero (All things are full of God.)
"Lex malla, lex nulla." - St. Thomas Aquinas
(A bad law is no law.)
"Cantantes licet usque (minus via laedit) eamus. " - Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
"Caelitus mihi vires." - My strength is from heaven.
"Magnificat anima mea Dominum, et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo Salvatore meo" - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior (Luke 1:45)
In Omnibus Ipse Primatum Tenens “That in all things He (Christ) might have the preeminence.” (Colossians 1:16-18)
"Qui bene cantat bis orat." - He who sings well, prays twice - (St Augustine)
"Nos fecisti ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te." - Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee. (St Augustine)
"Caelitus mihi vires." - My strength is from heaven.
"Ubi caritas et amor Deus ibi est." - Where there is charity and love, God is there.
"Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis ."
Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. - St Augustine
"Deo vindice" - With God as Protector
"Credite amori vera dicenti." - Believe love speaking the truth. (St. Jerome)
De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa calcamus." - If we tread our vices under feet, we make them a ladder to rise to higher things. (St. Augustine)
Dei gratia - By the grace of God
Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum. - The Word of the Lord Endures Forever.
"Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis." - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
"Deo iuvante" - with God's help
"Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus." - That God may be glorified in all things
"Pax vobiscum." Peace be with you.
"Jubilate Deo." Be joyful in the Lord.
"Ille vir, haud magna cum re, sed plenus fidei." He is a man, not of ample means, but full of good faith.
"Facit enim mihi magna qui potens est." - For He that is mighty does to me great things.
"Oremus semper pro invicem." - Let us ever pray for each other.
"Distrahit animum librorum multitudo." - Seneca
A multitude of books distracts the mind.
"Nullam est nunc dictum, quod sit non dictum prius." - Terence
There is nothing said now, that has not been said before.
"Nosce te ipsum." - Plato
Know thyself.
"Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis" - Not for you, not for me, but for us.
"Primum non nocere." - First, do no harm (Hippocrates)
"Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis." - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
"Deo iuvante" - with God's help
"Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus." - That God may be glorified in all things
"Pax vobiscum." Peace be with you.
"Jubilate Deo." Be joyful in the Lord.
"Ille vir, haud magna cum re, sed plenus fidei." He is a man, not of ample means, but full of good faith.
"Facit enim mihi magna qui potens est." - For He that is mighty does to me great things.
"Oremus semper pro invicem." - Let us ever pray for each other.
"Distrahit animum librorum multitudo." - Seneca
A multitude of books distracts the mind.
"Nullam est nunc dictum, quod sit non dictum prius." - Terence
There is nothing said now, that has not been said before.
"Nosce te ipsum." - Plato
Know thyself.
"Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis" - Not for you, not for me, but for us.
"Primum non nocere." - First, do no harm (Hippocrates)
"Dei plena sunt omnia." - Cicero (All things are full of God.)
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