… iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses.
(Juvenal, Satire 10.77–81)
Translation: "… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses"
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Most and sadly appropriate!
ReplyDeleteBTW I have the Logos software and use it in teaching teens and adults and in my own personal studies. I have a copy for a workstation and also a laptop. Purchased at the Worldview Conference hosted by American Vision two years ago...