Tuesday, June 01, 2004

TheStar.com - In the service of civilization

TheStar.com - In the service of civilization: " 'How much physics do we need to know?' Toporoski's point is that knowing some Latin is more useful than knowing a bit of physics. English, Latin and Greek literature are 'the greatest in the world. And to be able to read these in the original.... If you believe there's more to life than making money and pushing people around, to be able to reflect on the human situation or to handle the English language with some sensitivity ...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"T -Toporoski is a devout Ukrainian Catholic "and I've been complaining for the past 30 years about the terrible translation of the Latin liturgy, so faithless to the original."-

Odd that the writer does not make clear that the translation Toporoski bemoans (quite rightly) is not the one with which he himself worships.

Interesting article, thank you for the link.
I never thought about it, a church musician often lives in the same sort of necessary disarray ("chaos", my souse would allege.)