Salvete omnes. Mi amicus, Formosanus scripsit: "As a rationalist philosopher broadly in the stoic tradition in that respect, I would like to take exception to...
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gmvick32@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:19 pm
Salvete, Quirities! This is to wish everybody a happy and prosperous New Year. I take this time to reflect on Janus, the god of doorways, portals, keys,...
1023
Cinnabari
darkelf@...
Jan 2, 2001 12:46 am
Salve Piscine:
I must confess confusion. I have read and reread our discourse to this poi= nt, and your discourse with Mercurialis. The original point, I...
1024
nous_athanatos@...
Jan 2, 2001 12:52 am
Salve Piscine: *** Anselm's proposition, as far as I know, has never been definitively refuted (although Kant did bang it around like a gorilla in his cage). ...
1025
nous_athanatos@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:10 pm
Salve ... counsel of the ... gods ... timeam ... determined ... faunique ... unto me, ... mountainclimbing ... gods, ... nymphs. Yet the "rustic numens" here...
1026
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:41 pm
Salvete omnes This is one of the dies comitiales (C), when assemblies of citizens can vote on political or criminal matters. The Compitalia or celebration of...
1027
Gian G Reali
piscinus@...
Jan 7, 2001 8:23 pm
Salve Clodi Clodius Mercurialis scripsit: "To approach the question differently, do you believe that the Italics made offerings to lesser deities that could be...
1028
Cinnabari
darkelf@...
Jan 8, 2001 4:10 pm
... <shakes head> We *are* practitioners, Piscine. You assume too much. Philosophy is inextricable from religion in a historical setting. Talking about ...
1029
nous_athanatos@...
Jan 8, 2001 5:23 pm
Salve, So your assertion does not in any way require a change of *practice* for those who have been including the land spirits and nameless lesser spirits in...
1030
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 9, 2001 12:58 pm
Salvete omnes Today is one a "dies nefastus publicus" (NP), a day of special religious observance when legal business cannot take place. Today is the Agonalia...
1031
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 11, 2001 11:49 am
Salvete omnes Today is one a "dies nefastus publicus" (NP), a day of special religious observance when legal business cannot take place. Today is the first day...
1032
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 11, 2001 12:37 pm
Salvete omnes (Sorry, my last posting was sent incomplete by mistake) Today is one a "dies nefastus publicus" (NP), a day of special religious observance when...
1033
Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Jan 12, 2001 1:55 am
Salutem I see that "Ianus MUST be appeased" on this day. I'm afraid I didn't appease him. Or at least, the thought of appeasement was utterly absent from my...
1034
Razenna
razenna@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:01 am
I brought this up on the main list and Graecus came back with quotes and citations, still, I do not think he comprehends the "feel" of the word "appease". I...
1035
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 12, 2001 10:39 am
Salve Razenna Ok, if you prefer, I'll change it to "propitiate". Maybe you are right about the English definition of "to appease", or at least the common sense...
1036
Obesitas Taeterque
OlympianKindred@...
Jan 12, 2001 9:44 pm
I have read that Neptune is the God of Dominion and of the governments of mortals. Were there any Imperial cults devoted to him or anything along those lines?...
1037
Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Jan 13, 2001 12:26 am
... I put it to you, O Graece, that the majority of Loeb translators were Christians, in cultural mindset if not actual belief. Often the nuances of their...
1038
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 15, 2001 1:43 pm
Salve Flamen Vado ... And I (just like you) am not infalible. ... toward ... As you have seen, I presented the traslation for "piando", which is the Latin word...
1039
cassius622@...
Jan 15, 2001 4:38 pm
In a message dated 1/15/01 9:24:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Cassius: Really? I don't have a sourcebook to hand, but I thought the reason the Baccchic...
1040
Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Jan 15, 2001 5:17 pm
Coreligionibus salutem ... - It also means 'to make atonement'. What I want to know is what the Rex Sacrorum is supposed to be making atonement for when he...
1041
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 15, 2001 5:22 pm
Salvete Cassi et al Cassius, I fully agree with your statements. And I remind that the discussion started with an issue about the STATE rite of the Agonalia,...
1042
cassius622@...
Jan 15, 2001 8:49 pm
In a message dated 1/15/01 12:19:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Salve, If you saw my last post, I'm trying to do just that. Most especially since I happen to...
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Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 16, 2001 9:05 am
Salvete Vado et al ... Vado, I have not made atonement for nothing because I was not mandated to do it. As you know I am a Pontifex. You as FLAMEN have the...
1044
Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 16, 2001 7:21 pm
Salvete omnes This is one of the dies comitiales (C), when assemblies of citizens can vote on political or criminal matters. Today is the aniversary of the...
1045
Nick Ford
gens_moravia@...
Jan 17, 2001 2:26 am
Salvete ... Nature ... sometimes, which >somewhat contradicts the "peace and love" religious notions of Vado more akin to the >followers of the Nazarene). One...
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Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Jan 17, 2001 10:46 am
Salvete Vado et al Vado, despite what you say about Philosophers, you are a Philosopher, for a Philosopher is "a human being with a mind and a soul, who...
1047
Cinnabari
darkelf@...
Jan 17, 2001 4:50 pm
... the ... to replace ... Indeed... look. The Romans found a new spirituality and spread it round the world. Bloody successfully, too. The old traditions ...
1048
Loren Eason
nous_athanatos@...
Jan 17, 2001 6:13 pm
Salvete ... And lest you too be accused of being a follower of the Nazarene, let me point out here that what is being discussed here is not necessarily an ...
1049
natasha Aiken
natashaaiken@...
Jan 17, 2001 7:09 pm
... and ... Salvete, I totally agree, how can we get anyone to be totally enthusiastic about the religio if they have no personal connection to the Gods they...
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Gian G Reali
piscinus@...
Jan 18, 2001 5:38 am
Salve Grylle Gryllus scripsit: " Numa would have "mechanically" offered some cakes and fruits while Ovid would surely "mechanically" offer a black goat. Numa...
