"Romans, even not Greeks, were the profound teachers of the West prior to the 19th century. Seneca, not Plato, was judged by Joseph Addison as the greater philosopher, whatever you may think of that. But still, Greeks were highly respected, and Romans revered beyond measure; all other peoples in Western lands were despised and looked down on; descendants of Celtic people despised Celtic culture"

I've been trying to make sense of this statement for half an hour but it's just meaningless, unparseable drivel. It's so disjointed that the term 'non-sequitur' seems totally inadequate. I'm not trying to be insulting, I just can't make heads nor tails of the words. Why does the opinion of an obscure English whig politician and society flibbertigibbet from the late seventeenth century have any bearing on anything? Can I have some of what you're smoking?



"A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side."

"There are three sides to every story -- your side, my side and the right side."

-J. Addison