I, as a dedicated Donoghuegenot, am happy with the sequence of Penguin Classics you are choosing for daily videos. I'm getting a huge education on the authors I've only heard of! Keep them coming!
Please dont skip any Penguins. Yours is the only channel that discusses Ancient Classics, and strangely I find these discussions comforting. I regret not taking Ancient history in my senior year, so thank god for the penguin classics. Festina lente...
can you give us an idea of the quantity of physical books that you own please? Also, do you speed read? .....I'm a light reader, maybe 2 books a month, and I find it incredible that you got through most of those books...totally incredible and would like to know how you do it.. your reading habbits, techniques. also an idea of what you do for a living.
It being many years since I properly engaged with Latin reading, I do find the word order an issue in revisiting it, so always refer to reading translations alongside it. Michael Grant's Selected Political Speeches and Selected Works of Cicero were my real proper introduction to him, although I never really "got into" him. Was it St Jerome who had to choose between his love of Cicero and his Christian studies?
I really like the classical world theme and find it quite invaluable. After you finish the classical world, I think it’d be nice to see you jump and back and forth; choosing whatever catches your fancy that day.
I love the classical world so my vote is that you go in order. Also happy if you jump around and looking forward to them all but am really enjoying classical world review and my vote is for by groupings like this. But I was a classics, history, politics major in college so this probably colors my vote.
Am I right to understand that we have only one speech left by Pliny the Younger? According to Daisy Dunn he wanted to preserve them and to be remembered through them, so Cicero did a better job. Was it because he was a much better writer?
Steve, I'm fascinated by your views on the classical world. However, this is your channel and if you wish to bounce, then you should bounce away to your hearts content. 😀
Last year I took a class on latin language and culture. I am brazilian and I live in Buenos Aires, so the class was in spanish. The professor would talk about "conjuración de Catilina" and I associates the world with conjuring. It took way more time than I would like to admit for me to realise the Catilina didn't give himself airs of a sorcerer and that conjuración means conspiracy.
Your comments about Cicero's letters remind me of the terrible, awful bore inflicted by Seneca's letters to Lucilius and the notion that his stoic correspondence had the potential to be used as a sedative. I am hoping Cicero's letters do not demand a Vulcan mindset. And on that note, fascinating video.
I, as a dedicated Donoghuegenot, am happy with the sequence of Penguin Classics you are choosing for daily videos. I'm getting a huge education on the authors I've only heard of! Keep them coming!
I prefer a linear timeline for the Daily Penguin, but shall be here regardless of your decision.
Please dont skip any Penguins. Yours is the only channel that discusses Ancient Classics, and strangely I find these discussions comforting. I regret not taking Ancient history in my senior year, so thank god for the penguin classics. Festina lente...
I read the short collected letters volume first. Shocked to see the philosophical works!
Really enjoying your reviews of these ancient authors. I wish I’d taken some classics in university. Such a fascinating time period
can you give us an idea of the quantity of physical books that you own please? Also, do you speed read? .....I'm a light reader, maybe 2 books a month, and I find it incredible that you got through most of those books...totally incredible and would like to know how you do it.. your reading habbits, techniques. also an idea of what you do for a living.
It being many years since I properly engaged with Latin reading, I do find the word order an issue in revisiting it, so always refer to reading translations alongside it. Michael Grant's Selected Political Speeches and Selected Works of Cicero were my real proper introduction to him, although I never really "got into" him. Was it St Jerome who had to choose between his love of Cicero and his Christian studies?
This is so informative and engaging! Thank you, Steve
I enjoy the order you are following
I really like the classical world theme and find it quite invaluable. After you finish the classical world, I think it’d be nice to see you jump and back and forth; choosing whatever catches your fancy that day.
I love the classical world so my vote is that you go in order. Also happy if you jump around and looking forward to them all but am really enjoying classical world review and my vote is for by groupings like this. But I was a classics, history, politics major in college so this probably colors my vote.
It just occurred to me that in all your videos, you've never mentioned loeb library books.
A lot of the stuff not in penguin is in loeb.
What do you think about translations of Latin into Roman languages Italian or French for example?
Sorry, The Romance Languages:)))
Am I right to understand that we have only one speech left by Pliny the Younger? According to Daisy Dunn he wanted to preserve them and to be remembered through them, so Cicero did a better job. Was it because he was a much better writer?
Steve, I'm fascinated by your views on the classical world. However, this is your channel and if you wish to bounce, then you should bounce away to your hearts content. 😀
Last year I took a class on latin language and culture. I am brazilian and I live in Buenos Aires, so the class was in spanish. The professor would talk about "conjuración de Catilina" and I associates the world with conjuring. It took way more time than I would like to admit for me to realise the Catilina didn't give himself airs of a sorcerer and that conjuración means conspiracy.
Catalina the sorcerer would make a good book, though ...
@@saintdonoghue nanowrimo, here I come haha
I hope you stick with classics for awhile! I am really loving the 'education' on these books and authors I'm receiving from you!
Your comments about Cicero's letters remind me of the terrible, awful bore inflicted by Seneca's letters to Lucilius and the notion that his stoic correspondence had the potential to be used as a sedative. I am hoping Cicero's letters do not demand a Vulcan mindset. And on that note, fascinating video.
Hah! Trust me, Cicero's letters do NOT require a Vulcan mindset - they're a world different from boring old Seneca!
It's funny because we are in exactly that same period again.
No please don’t bounce.
Apparently donoghue does not believe there is such a thing a "good life"
Donoghue reads the comments on his videos, yes?
@@saintdonoghue He certainly does. I love penguin classics, and this is a great series.