Sir Philip Sidney believed that poetry was the most powerful means of leading us to virtuous action.
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Tag Archives: Virgil
Poetry, the Road to Virtuous Action
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Dear Frustrated in Love: Read a Classic
Literature is better than any self help book for relationship guidance.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aeneid, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jane Austen, love, Love in the Time of Cholera, Relationships, Sense and Sensibility Comments closed
Fired by Happy Valley, JoPa Is No Aeneas
Just as Rasselas questions Samuel Johnson’s Happy Valley, so do Penn State students find themselves questioning their own Happy Valley after the child abuse scandal. Coach Joe Paterno admired Aeneas, and many feel abandoned like Queen Dido.
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