12-21-2007, 05:17 PM
Jona's piece is far better and more relevant than the Loeb Introduction.
A very minor comment, mind you. Oratio 7 can only be said to "conclude" that the poor can live a good life, in the logical meaning of "conclude", to arrive by deduction at something felt to be true; in the temporal and literary-criticism meaning of conclude, to end, Oratio 7 concludes with a diatribe against pederasty; the final sentence makes things quite clear: guys who go after boys are like people who eat potato chips and dips at cocktail parties. Doubtless some do both.
A very minor comment, mind you. Oratio 7 can only be said to "conclude" that the poor can live a good life, in the logical meaning of "conclude", to arrive by deduction at something felt to be true; in the temporal and literary-criticism meaning of conclude, to end, Oratio 7 concludes with a diatribe against pederasty; the final sentence makes things quite clear: guys who go after boys are like people who eat potato chips and dips at cocktail parties. Doubtless some do both.
