On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Charles Skallerud wrote:
> > Randi makes an excellent point. It is slightly insane to generalize, but > there is a strong pacifism among thinkers in our time which seriously > distorts the interpretation of some texts. As I understand Virgil, he felt > both compassion and aggression. He most certainly grieved for the victims of > war, but he also fully accepted the satisfaction that Aeneas got from running > Turnus through. > > Charles Skallerud Well put. I'm glad I'm communicating clearly to someone. Thanks, Randi Eldevik Oklahoma State University ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
