01-30-2010, 07:02 PM
Quote:Does anyone recognize Joad's original words? Does anyone know the source?I cannot claim any particular familiarity with C.E.M. Joad, but (according to Google books), the quote is:
"People say it is important to be able to read Latin and Greek prose and poetry in the original. A lot of snobbish nonsense! Classical literature is good, but it isn't half as good as ours."
(... and I fancy that Mr Joad would've called himself an English philosopher.)