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In the third book of the “Ethics”, and in the second chapter, Aristotle, dealing with certain actions which, though bad in themselves, admit of pity and forgiveness because they were committed involuntarily, through ignorance, instances ‘the man who did not know a subject was forbidden, like Aeschylus with the Mysteries,’ and ‘the man who only meant to show how it worked, like the fellow who let off the catapult’ ([Greek: e deixai Boulemos apheinai, os o ton katapelten]). I feel comfortably sure, Gentlemen, that in a previous course of lectures “On the Art of Writing”, unlike Aeschylus, I divulged no mysteries: but I am troubled with speculations over that man and the catapult, because I really was trying to tell you how the thing worked; and Aristotle, with a reticence which (as Horace afterwards noted) may lend itself to obscurity, tells us neither what happened to that exponent of ballistics, nor to the engine itself, nor to the other person. My discharge, such as it was, at any rate provoked another Professor (emeritus, learned, sagacious, venerable) to retort that the true business of a Chair such as this is to instruct young men how to read rather than how to write. Well, be it so. I accept the challenge.
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Publisher - MJP Publishers
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Published Date - 2024-01-02
ISBN - 9789387826441
Dimensions - 21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 226
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