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Thomas Blackwell (1701–1757)

Auteur de An enquiry into the life and writings of Homer

5 oeuvres 17 utilisateurs 1 Critiques

Œuvres de Thomas Blackwell

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Date de naissance
1701-08-04
Date de décès
1757-03-06
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Great Britain
Pays (pour la carte)
UK
Lieu de naissance
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Lieu du décès
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Études
Marischal College (M.A.|1718)
Professions
Greek professor

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"A man who would enquire why such a particular poet as Homer existed at such a place, in such a time, would throw himself headlong into chimaera, & could never treat of such a subject without a multitude of false subtleties & refinements. he might as well pretend to give a reason why such particular generals as Fabius & Scipio lived in Rome at such a time, & why Fabius came into the world before Scipio. for such incidents as those no other reason can be given but that of Horace.
'Scit genius, natale comes, qui temperat astrum
Naturae deus humanae, mortalis in unum
--Quodque capit, vultu mutabilis, albus & ater.'" - Thomas Jefferson, inscription on the fly-leaf of his copy of An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer
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ThomasJefferson | May 26, 2014 |

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Œuvres
5
Membres
17
Popularité
#654,391
Critiques
1
ISBN
4