02-06-2009, 07:12 PM
Quote:Sorry, not to belabor this for too long, but I'd beg to disagree.Me, too. I'd be surprised if the great Livian scholars of Glasgow -- R.M. Ogilvie and P.G. Walsh -- simply write Livy off like this. I haven't read their work for many years, but I don't recall any radical pessimism. Sure, Livy sometimes makes mistakes, but who doesn't?
Edit: Oops -- inadvertently adopted Ogilvie for Glasgow; I wouldn't want to insult any readers from St Andrews. :wink: