Zirael16 pisze:
co do "piramid" to i owszem :) przeczytalam, usmiechnelam sie kilka razy i bez wiekszego zalu odlozylam na polke - sa takie "poprawne" li i jedynie :)
Bo jest za dużo wątków nadprzyrodzonych i TP sobie z nimi nie radzi.
Ale scena zdawania egzaminu jest po prostu boska !
W niedzielę wróciłam do wybranych fragmentów i doceniłam karykaturę greckich filozofów, ale za serce ujęla mnie scena (s. 167 - 168) gdy Teppic tłumaczy Ptraci zasady ustroju panuącego w Efebie. Cytuje w oryginale:
'To be honest, I'm not sure,' he said. 'But I don't think so. They've got something they do it with, I think it's called a mocracy, and it means everyone in the whole country can say who the new Tyrant is. (...) 'The point is, though, that everyone can do it. They're very proud of it. Everyone has-' he hesitated again, certain now that things were amiss - 'the vet. Except for women, of course. And children. And criminals. And slaves. And stupid people. And people of foreign extraction. And people disapproved of for, er, various reasons. And lots of other people. But everyone apart from them. It's a very enlightened civilisation.'
Ptraci gave this some consideration. 'And that's a mocracy, is it?'
'They invented it in Ephebe, you know,' said Teppic, feeling obscurely that he ought to defend it.
'I bet they had trouble exporting it,' said Ptraci firmly.
Szczególnie niejasna i nieracjonalna potrzeba bronienia demokracji była taka fajna i współczesna.