Record Number: 1625
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Protagoras]: "Protagoras seems to deserve the character he gives himself. Nothing can be more courteous and generous than his language. Socrates shows abundance of talent and acuteness in this dialogue; but the more I read of his conversation, the less I wonder at the fierce hatred he provoked. He evidently had an ill-natured pleasure in making men, - particularly men famed for wisdom and eloquence, - look like fools." [the comments continue at some length.]
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Between 1800 and 1859
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Oct 1800
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Historian and critic
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Protagoras
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsThe edition published in Frankfort, 1602, with a parallel Latin translation by Marsilius Ficinus
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:1625
Source:Thomas Babington Macaulay
Editor:George Otto Trevelyan
Title:The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:2
Page:436
Additional Comments:
The marginalia continues for some time after the quotation given.
Citation:
Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, (Oxford, 1978), 2, p. 436, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1625, accessed: 30 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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