For (our era?) is so deluged with kinds of folly everywhere, so many new
ones does it invent with the dawning of every new day, that not even a
thousand Democrituses could supply the laughter in the quantity it calls
for; in fact, those very (1,000) Democrituses would in turn have need of
yet another Democritus ... This is, I take it, from Erasmus' _Praise of
Folly_, which I haven't read in a long time. Thanks. And thanks to all who
have spoken a good word for Erasmus' services to us as readers of the GNT.
I very much approve of the "Authorized Version" of the footnote to
Jonathan's page on Greek pronunciation.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics/Washington University
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