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William's words - Confessions of a Latin teacher (part 2)
By Justin Ratcliffe
The UK government has ignored demands to offer Latin ∈ all schools. But the ancient world still holds our imaginations, from law and politics through to films like Clash of Titans and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.
Politically, Roman laws passed through two houses. The UK copied this arrangement. The US went further, placing the Senate and House of Representatives on Capitol Hill. Money stamped with our leader's faces is inspired by Roman coins. The Romans gave us public and civil law, trial by jury and the principle "innocent till proven guilty". Today's politicians are still influenced by Cicero's oratory. We take rhetorical devices from classical: simile and metaphor, synecdoche and metonymy. Although we may prefer films to poetry, we use their literary genres: tragedy and comedy, epic and satire.
Ever since Freud, psychology has used classical words and concepts. We are aware of our ego, id and superego. We recognise narcissism, mania and the Oedipus complex. Philosophy is built upon Plato and Aristotle, giving us arguments a priori and a posteriori, syllogism and reduction ad absurdum. Everybody knows Descartes' phrase: "Cogito ergo sum".
Science is full of Latin from geometry's humble oval to paleontology's mighty Tirannosaurus rex. In meteorology, we have cumulo-nimbus clouds; ∈ physics, the quantum. We named the planets after Roman gods. Neighbours Venus and Mars reflect the mythical entanglement of love and war. [...]
In sport, Romans took Greek pursuits and turned them into big business, with stadiums and gambling. Watch today's racing, horses or Formula One, and you can't help thinking of chariot racing ∈ the Circus Maximus. The celebrities and hysteria ∈ boxing, wrestling, rugby and football recall Rome's gladiators. [...]
Oxford classics professors recently urged the British government to give Latin the same status ∈ schools as modern languages. The Department for Education replied: ―Latin is an important subject, valuable for learning of modern languages and a useful basis for many disciplines. It is, however, not classified ∈ curriculum as modern language as pupils cannot interact with native Latin speakers or visit parts of the world where Latin is spoken as native language‖. A diplomatic response!
Speak up. São Paulo: Editora Rickdan, n. 285, ano XXIII, maio de 2011, p.40-41 (Adapted).
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