|
|
Schwarzenberg
Victrix causa diis placuit, sed victa Catoni!
|
|
|
| About: |
"The grand exception to this generally bleak portrait is Cato, who stands as a stoic ideal in the face of a world gone mad (he alone, for example, refuses to consult oracles to know the future).
This elevation of stoic and republican principles is in sharp contrast to the ambitious and imperial Caesar, who becomes an even greater monster after the decisive battle. Even though Caesar wins in the end, Lucan makes his sentiments known in the famous line:
'The victor's cause pleased the gods, but the vanquished pleased Cato!'
A wisdom, that has thereupon become a favourite for supporters of lost causes all over the centuries."
(Analogies and Coherences of Paradigm-Changes in Greco-Roman Conflict Management and the Later History of Lamarckism in Due Consideration of the Literary Works by De Selby; Du Garbandier, Kraus et al.; Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales; Paris 1931) |
| City: |
Central Europe |
| Sex: |
Male |
Followers 1 - 3 of 3
|
