Thanks, Tom
- Lucian@going2paris.net
- Aug 25, 2022
- 1 min read
Charlottesville
August 25, 2022
Thanks, Tom for sharing this quote.
Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee (15 October 1747 – 5 January 1813) was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer and historian who was a Professor of Universal History, and Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh.
Didn't JFK ask say something about don't ask what can my country do for me but ...
The greatest collection of human intellect this side of Ancient Athens was Edinburgh in the late 1700s -- the gentleman above, plus Adam Smith, David Hume, Thomas Reid, Bobby Burns, Adam Ferguson, James Hutton......