tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post2186333412366829016..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Horses, wine and shoesA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-82550574368018487002015-05-19T18:14:17.699+01:002015-05-19T18:14:17.699+01:00Demetrius - something stronger?
Sam - I agree, on...Demetrius - something stronger?<br /><br />Sam - I agree, one would have to know them far better than is currently possible. Although there are often hints, the hints may be misleading.<br /><br />Roger - yes, he was obsessed with death yet tried so hard to be a good Stoic. Life was much rougher but as you say, there were many similarities.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-6386900656261775592015-05-19T16:30:44.811+01:002015-05-19T16:30:44.811+01:00Old Seneca was nearly dead when he wrote those wor...Old Seneca was nearly dead when he wrote those words, all very well for him to be pious. But our dear politicos must consider worldly matters such as taxes, hasty promises, improbable funding and the whining electorate and meeja. No such problems for them old Romans - ignore/bribe the electorate and send the Praetorian guard to sort the scribblers. Oh dear, not so much has changed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-79262252501975528382015-05-18T20:22:16.912+01:002015-05-18T20:22:16.912+01:00I think it is fairly obvious that all MPs are well...I think it is fairly obvious that all MPs are well-schooled in the conventional type of honour. If they didn't utter those opinions, and thereby display right conduct, they wouldn't stand a chance of being elected. <br /><br />I wonder, though, whether any are actually <i>good</i> as well? How could we tell? One would have to know them far better than is currently possible, and to see what lies behind the public display of prudence and balance. Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-54162565789929245542015-05-18T19:31:47.627+01:002015-05-18T19:31:47.627+01:00Awash it may be, but not with either prudence or b...Awash it may be, but not with either prudence or balance.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com