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How A Christian Should Read Virgil
The following remarks on reading Virgil were written by the Italian humanist Coluccio Salutati, around the year 1378:
...I have dwelt upon this at such length that you may not suppose the reading of Virgil to be a mere idle occupation if one is willing to take the right view of it and to separate the wheat from the tares. Not, indeed, that I believe one should look there for the teachings of our faith or for the Truth;…
Added by Timothy G. Enloe on April 9, 2012 at 2:01pm — 1 Comment
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