“Which is the more pitiful I cannot decide — being accused because of a friendship, or accusing a friend.”
Tacitus. The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero. Oxford World’s Classics. Translated by J.C. Yardley. Introduction and notes by Anthony A. Barrett. Oxford University Press Inc.: New York. 2008. (Book Six, Chapter 6, p 182)
This sound like the epigraph to a really juicy book! Are you going to write it? 🙂
This sounds like the epigraph to a long and juicy book! Are you going to write it? 🙂
This sounds like the epigraph to an interesting, juicy book! Are you going to write it? 🙂
Oops! It kept asking me to log in, and I thought it was dropping my comment. It was worth saying once, not 3 times!!
I’ll write an essay. ;0)
Looking forward to it!
[…] In the midst of controversies, especially acute controversies (e.g. Covid-19) but also chronic (e.g. anything ending in -denier; political polarisation), many find Mill’s exhortation unconscionable. The metaphorical devil’s advocate is the devil himself. And the villagers look for his mark not only on strangers but also on friends and loved-ones. […]
[…] In the midst of controversies, especially acute controversies (e.g. Covid-19) but also chronic (e.g. anything ending in -denier; political polarisation), many find Mill’s exhortation unconscionable. The metaphorical devil’s advocate is the devil himself. And the villagers look for his mark not only on strangers but also on friends and loved-ones. […]
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