... machine. The picture of a typical student today is not the debating forum of ancient Greek academies, or even a student speaking with a teacher, but students sitting by themselves in front of a glowing screen typing more words a minute than Aristophanes and Sophocles, or even Charles Dickens and Mark Twain a century ago, could ever have imagined possible. For centuries sermons have been carefully written essays of sound theology and logic which were read before the congregation. Good preachers spent a lot ...
... ? Illustrating the Text The word “beatitude” needs to be carefully understood. Definition: The beatitude form, using makarios (“lucky,” “fortunate”), may be illustrated from various classical Greek texts that have no religious dimension. One example is from Aristophanes, Wasps (lines 1292–93), who recounts that Xanthias, while undergoing a beating, reflects on how lucky (makarios) the tortoise is to have a hard protective shell. A famous saying of Ben Sira is likewise instructive: “Call no ...
Aristophanes
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
Aristophanes
Evil events from evil causes spring.
Aristophanes
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
Aristophanes
The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.
Aristophanes
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
Aristophanes
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
Aristophanes
Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.
