Comments on: “When I Get A Little Money, I Buy Books. If There Is Any Left, I Buy Food” -Erasmus http://larison.org/2006/09/27/if-i-have-a-little-money-i-buy-books-if-there-is-any-left-i-buy-food-aquinas/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:20:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2006/09/27/if-i-have-a-little-money-i-buy-books-if-there-is-any-left-i-buy-food-aquinas/#comment-4680 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:27:43 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/09/27/if-i-have-a-little-money-i-buy-books-if-there-is-any-left-i-buy-food-aquinas/#comment-4680 How embarrassing. Yes, obviously it couldn't have been Aquinas. Very sloppy on my part. My apologies--I'll correct it straightaway. How embarrassing. Yes, obviously it couldn’t have been Aquinas. Very sloppy on my part. My apologies–I’ll correct it straightaway.

]]> by: kevinjjones http://larison.org/2006/09/27/if-i-have-a-little-money-i-buy-books-if-there-is-any-left-i-buy-food-aquinas/#comment-4679 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:27:18 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/09/27/if-i-have-a-little-money-i-buy-books-if-there-is-any-left-i-buy-food-aquinas/#comment-4679 I never thought I'd be pointing out an error here, but your title quotation was said by Erasmus, not Thomas Aquinas, who was vowed to poverty. As a Byzantinist, you should be happy to know that Erasmus was talking not just about any books, but Greek books. I wonder if he was thinking of the Cyropaedia at the time? I never thought I’d be pointing out an error here, but your title quotation was said by Erasmus, not Thomas Aquinas, who was vowed to poverty.

As a Byzantinist, you should be happy to know that Erasmus was talking not just about any books, but Greek books. I wonder if he was thinking of the Cyropaedia at the time?

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