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Sciences Advantages 1. They present always something new to be discovered- | <head>Sciences</head> | ||
<head>Advantages</head> | |||
<p>1. They present <lb/> | |||
always something <add>new</add> to <lb/> | |||
be discovered- <lb/> | |||
Dead languages <lb/> | |||
possess <del>such</del> no such <lb/> | |||
advantage.</p> | |||
<p>2. What is discovered <lb/> | |||
in them, many of <lb/> | |||
them, others besides <lb/> | |||
discover <gap/> reader</p> | |||
<p>At the publick <lb/> | |||
expense men ought <lb/> | |||
to be taught nothing <lb/> | |||
but what is really <lb/> | |||
useful - what is <lb/> | |||
agreeable, they will <lb/> | |||
in proportion as it <lb/> | |||
is agreeable teach <lb/> | |||
themselves.</p> | |||
<p>Nothing is worth <lb/> | |||
reading in Greek <lb/> | |||
or Latin that would <lb/> | |||
not be worth reading <lb/> | |||
had it been <lb/> | |||
written in English. <lb/> | |||
But you actually<lb/> | |||
have in English <lb/> | |||
whatever is worth <lb/> | |||
reading in Greek <lb/> | |||
or Latin.</p> | |||
<p>Poetry- no more <lb/> | |||
reason for teaching <lb/> | |||
it than Chess or <lb/> | |||
Cards.</p> | |||
<p>As to the metre <lb/> | |||
it is upon a level <lb/> | |||
with <unclear>punning</unclear><lb/> | |||
As to the imagery <lb/> | |||
its characteristic <lb/> | |||
is to give false <del><gap/></del><lb/> | |||
views of things- <lb/> | |||
either obscure or <lb/> | |||
exaggerated -</p> | |||
<p>Exactness, viz: truths <lb/> | |||
is acknowledged to be <lb/> | |||
the <unclear>bane</unclear> of poetry.</p><pb/> | |||
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Latin & Greek
As we do without
the knowledge of
the German, so might
we without that of
the Latin & Greek
More words in our
language are not
derived from the
latter than from
the former
Disadvantages
12 Bad Morality
1. Love of war
2. Veneration of
bad political
institutions
3. Teach vices which
we punish with
the gallows.
4. Are full of obsenity.
5. Teach inferior eloquence.
6. Teach irrelevant
eloquence
7. Teach false
natural philosophy
and natural
history
The use of languages
other than our own are
1. To converse with
men with whom we
would not converse
otherwise
2. To learn things
which we could not
so well learn otherwise.
While men are
acquiring false
words, they are acquiring
false ideas
of things.
—
may advise a excellences
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Sciences
Advantages
1. They present
always something new to
be discovered-
Dead languages
possess such no such
advantage.
2. What is discovered
in them, many of
them, others besides
discover reader
At the publick
expense men ought
to be taught nothing
but what is really
useful - what is
agreeable, they will
in proportion as it
is agreeable teach
themselves.
Nothing is worth
reading in Greek
or Latin that would
not be worth reading
had it been
written in English.
But you actually
have in English
whatever is worth
reading in Greek
or Latin.
Poetry- no more
reason for teaching
it than Chess or
Cards.
As to the metre
it is upon a level
with punning
As to the imagery
its characteristic
is to give false
views of things-
either obscure or
exaggerated -
Exactness, viz: truths
is acknowledged to be
the bane of poetry.
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final objects / legenda / catholicism establishment of questions / latin & greek / sciences |
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jeremy bentham |
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benjamin constant |
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