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pelidaaquiles · 1 year

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Good night ❤️

I'm doing my last study session for tomorrow's linguistics exam right now

Its so much reading im going a little insane, but the bibliography is so good im actually enjoying it (and also, the reason i have to read all the Chapters now is that i didnt when they were assigned, so thats just the consequences of my own actions coming back to eat my brain out)

I just had a little dinner break and decided to share a bit of my suffering with you guys

Please wish me luck tomorrow, im feeling i will actually need it!

And also, this is me praying to my patron saints of studying Remus Lupin, Elle Woods and [insert here Dead Old Greek Guy's name] so i can have strenght to do as much as possible tonight and wisdom to understand the very nonsensical theories im reading

Have a sneak peak into my very pained non-aesthetic setup tonight:

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some-sort-of-siren · 5 months

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#classics tag #tagamemnon #Lucretius #Plato #philosophy #classic lit #classics studies #Plato studies #Lucretius studies #lucretiuscore

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bones-ivy-breath · 6 months

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Plato defined the ideal of any Greek as to be rich, healthy and honoured; to live to a grand old age; to bury his parents with honour, and ultimately to be buried in turn by his own children with due respect.

Burial Customs, the Afterlife and the Pollution of Death in Ancient Greece by Louise Cilliers and Francois Pieter Retief

#quote #ancient greece #plato #burial customs the afterlife and the pollution of death in ancient greece #louise cilliers #francois pieter retief #dark academia #light academia #classic academia #aesthetic #death #burial customs #classics #classics studies #dark things

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bbiblically-aaccurate77 · 1 year

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Back at it again y'all, this time in✨Latin✨

I'm really stressed about this final bc its the last Latin class that I need for my major, my minor, and to graduate!! Lets hope it all goes well.

#thechaotic academic #chaotic academia #latin student #studyblr #studyspo #student #classics studies

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er-cryptid · 8 months

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eelhound · 1 year

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"As one playful formulation has it, rather than being straightforwardly 'about' something in particular, every text is inevitably surrounded by a 'vibrating aboutness cluster'. The context, content and range of that cluster must be accounted for as part of an analysis.

Some writers in some situations may strain against rhetorical shenanigans, for example striving for the specificity of logical notation: the cluster of reasonable meanings of such texts may well thus be less diffuse than for those which, say, revel in pun and performance.

But a text with one 'true' meaning is a chimera. Analysis is not closure, but an attempt to discern reasonable meaning(s) close to the core of that cluster, and to contest those that range too far from it."

- China Miéville, from A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, 2022.

#china miéville #quote #quotations #textual criticism #academia #textual analysis #classics studies #meaning #critical thinking #literature #sunyata

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itsforeating · 1 year

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every day I read more of this book to find out if the main character is still cold and wet and sad (he is) and shaking like a scared little chihuahua because of The Incident (he is)

#the secret history #donna tartt #the secret history Richard #rip I cannot remember his last name #they’re always calling him old man #dark academia #classics studies

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lipsticklesbia · 2 years

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october 2, 2022

struggling through some plato + listening to techno tango

#studyblr #studyspo #study motivation #classics studies #ancient greek #learning ancient greek #plato #protagoras #sophists #mine

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wedarkacademia · 4 months

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- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)

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blvvdk3ep · 8 months

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I love you people going into "useless" fields I love you classics majors I love you cultural studies majors I love you comparative literature majors I love you film studies majors I love you near eastern religions majors I love you Greek, Latin, and Hebrew majors I love you ethnic studies I love you people going into any and all small field that isn't considered lucrative in our rotting capitalist society please never stop keeping the sacred flame of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and understanding humanity and not merely for the sake of money alive

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pelidaaquiles · 2 months

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Back on business, babe.

Hey everyone, getting this blog back on now that my classes started again. Im doing my classics major, finally!!!! I need to study everyday now, so get ready for some Daily posts 🫡🫡

Today I caught up with some missing notes and did a text translation for the second time. Still need to read book 3 and 6 from Iliad to tomorrows Homer's class, but thats gonna be done when i get home.

Happy studies everyone, stay strong 💪💪

#studies #study blog #studyblr #classics studies #college #study motivation #study notes #studyinspo #reading greek

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blumenundpoesie · 10 months

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in dedication to summer rain and the smell of petrichor

#aesthetic #books #dark academia #da #reading #classic literature #study aesthetic #dark academia aesthetic #summer aesthetic #cottagecore #cottagecore aesthetic #romantic academia #light academia #light academia aesthetic

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bones-ivy-breath · 5 months

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During the moment of death, the soul (psuche) leaves the body via the mouth or, if appropriate, via an open war wound. According to Homer other elements, namely the thumos (from the heart) and the vital spirit (aion) in the case of young people, also escape from the body but play no further role. The corpse which remains simply decomposes and is of no further importance.

Burial Customs, the Afterlife and the Pollution of Death in Ancient Greece by Louise Cilliers and Francois Pieter Retief

#quote #ancient greece #burial customs the afterlife and the pollution of death in ancient greece #louise cilliers #francois pieter retief #dark academia #classic academia #aesthetic #death #classics #classics studies #dark things #homer #bodymind #soul

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lovesdaya · 2 months

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