"work that will outlive...."

[Tubby Isaacs]

"... the great majority of scholarship done today"

Is this bloke the biggest idiot ever to have this rather presumptuous view of posterity?

http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?ID=3

Most people are bright enough at least not to claim this about themselves.

[Guest]

"work that will outlive...."

exegi monumentum aere perennius

[Tubby Isaacs]

"work that will outlive...."

marble?

I thought it was primarily in the Islamic world where the term "scholar" gave you special licence to be a shithead. I see it works in America too, though not as well as "Reverend" probably.

[Guest]

"work that will outlive...."

Bronze.

[Tubby Isaacs]

"work that will outlive...."

I thought that meant more lasting than bronze.

[Guest]

"work that will outlive...."

It does.What, you mean marble is longer-lasting? I misunderstood. But is it?

OK, I fucked the thread up. Pls ignore me & begin again!

[Tubby Isaacs]

"work that will outlive...."

Yeah, I meant that. I don't know if marble is chemically longer lasting than bronze but more of it survived from antiquity because bronze got melted down to make weapons.

Anyhow, do you think this bloke will be read for as long as Vergil?

[Guest]

"work that will outlive...."

No. Horace neither I suspect.

[Tubby Isaacs]

"work that will outlive...."

I cite the fact I know only 2 quotes from Horace as proof that he hasn't lasted.

The other one I know is "Odi profanum vulgus et arceo".