Augustine passed on to us, and all posterity, prescient words of wisdom: that even in the most disconcerting and dark of times, beauty, compassion, truth, love, and happiness abound. When the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410, the city that had taken the world captive had fallen into captivity. The event was a transformative moment in [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
The World is a problematic place if the prophesies Aeneas relies on are wilfully deceptive and superficially true. Dido curses Aeneas to ‘fall before his day/ unburied in the middle of the sand.’ 4.620 We glimpse an alternative future And are reminded that Virgil is writing with the gift of hindsight. The narratives we create…| world enough and time
Vergil's poetry was an inspiration for the Founders and is the basis for all three mottos on the Great Seal of the United States. The post Vergil: Poet Laureate of the American Founding first appeared on Independence Institute. The post Vergil: Poet Laureate of the American Founding appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
hello everyone and welcome back!! i hope you’ve all been breathing in the salt air, living for the hope of it all, losing yourself in the memory, and doing whatever else you love doing in the…| Beyond the Read
