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@bookstodon "In a way, both sides of the debate were directly and indirectly responding to World War II. The absurdity of wartime led many to the view that all this talk of principles, ideals, and values was bullshit. At the same time, the horrors of Nazism stirred many toward an even stronger moral sense. Evil was real. And any attempt to turn it into mere personal preference couldn’t last a minute outside the walls of academia."
https://www.letustalkbooks.com/p/where-our-values-come-from

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Thank you. I haven't read it. Is it good?

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@Stone1glo @gwcoffey @bookstodon

This looks amazing! Thanks!

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I finished Ovid's Metamorphoses last night. (McCarter translation)

I expected mythology but I was surprised by the amount of magic. Like, woman with wild hair in the woods at night with a wand and cauldron, mixing herbs and casting spells.

I guess I had associated that with more Germanic (Grimm fairy tales) literature. Apparently a lot of that imagery comes from Rome.

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@KBroquard @bookstodon

Yes I would recommend it. Definitely. (Note, there are many stories of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. This is dealt with in the introduction. But definitely something to be aware of going into reading Ovid.)

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That's a hard decision.

I liked when Pythagoras randomly shows up at the end for a rant on vegetarianism. (After reading stories about people turning into animals it kind of makes sense)

I agree the Icarus story was very vivid and emotional. It does sound kind of cliché, but it really was one of the best stories in the book.

I really loved The House of Sleep and the House of Rumor.

And the king who had a single lock of purple hair that made him invincible.

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