For clear thinking

By sundari
June 7, 2023
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[woodmart_text_block woodmart_css_id="643577f609b2d" woodmart_inline="no" responsive_spacing="eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NDM1NzdmNjA5YjJkIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfdGV4dF9ibG9jayIsImRhdGEiOnsidGFibGV0Ijp7fSwibW9iaWxlIjp7fX19" parallax_scroll="no" wd_hide_on_desktop="no" wd_hide_on_tablet="no" wd_hide_on_mobile="no"]The passage experienced a surge in popularity during the 1960s when Letraset used it on their dry-transfer sheets, and again during the 90s as desktop publishers bundled the…

Flowing serpentines

By sundari
June 7, 2023
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[woodmart_text_block woodmart_css_id="6435748a7b020" woodmart_inline="no" responsive_spacing="eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NDM1NzQ4YTdiMDIwIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfdGV4dF9ibG9jayIsImRhdGEiOnsidGFibGV0Ijp7fSwibW9iaWxlIjp7fX19" parallax_scroll="no" wd_hide_on_desktop="no" wd_hide_on_tablet="no" wd_hide_on_mobile="no"]As an alternative theory, (and because Latin scholars do this sort of thing) someone tracked down a 1914 Latin edition of De Finibus which challenges McClintock’s 15th century…

Here comes autumn

By sundari
June 7, 2023
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[woodmart_text_block woodmart_css_id="64357548a36d2" woodmart_inline="no" responsive_spacing="eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NDM1NzU0OGEzNmQyIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfdGV4dF9ibG9jayIsImRhdGEiOnsidGFibGV0Ijp7fSwibW9iaWxlIjp7fX19" parallax_scroll="no" wd_hide_on_desktop="no" wd_hide_on_tablet="no" wd_hide_on_mobile="no"]So how did the classical Latin become so incoherent? According to McClintock, a 15th century typesetter likely scrambled part of Cicero’s De Finibus in order to provide placeholder text to…