Conjectanea

Conjectanea Aemiliana

A blog about various topics, including philosophy, poetry, and γραμματική, the ancient study of language and literature. Antiquity and so-called dead languages feature heavily.

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  • Mercurii Sententiae de Iis, Quae Sunt

    Ἑλληνιστί Νῦν δέ, ὧ τέκνον, <ἐν> κεφαλαίοις τὰ ὄντα διεξελεύσομαι· νοήσεις γὰρ τὰ λεγόμενα μεμνημένος, ὧν ἤκουσας. Πάντα τὰ ὄντα κινεῖται· μόνον τὸ μὴ ὂν ἀκίνητον. Πᾶν σῶμα μεταβλητόν, οὐ… Read more ⇢

  • A Meditation on Love and Contemplation

    I have recently been reading a bunch of texts in the Platonistic tradition of Iris Murdoch. That is, I’ve been reading Murdoch herself and Sophie Grace Chappell, mainly, and have… Read more ⇢

  • Groundwork for a Vocabulary of Gender

    Proëm As the biological sciences have progressed, and our knowledge of the human body has become more comprehensive, it has become clear that sex is not a binary. Similarly, as… Read more ⇢

  • Natalis Dianae Ephesiae

    Hodie celebratur dies natalis Ephesiae Dianae. Hanc deam multae urbes coluere, quibus magnae frugi erat. Ephesii ceteroquin Deli natos esse geminos latonigenas abnegaverunt, potius in luco Ortygia prope Epheso Latonam… Read more ⇢

  • Sarapia

    Quandoquidem hodie Sarapia celebrantur, carmen quoddam institui scribere in honorem dei, cujus gratia celebrandum est, inscribereque illud carmen frustillis, quae ad alios, qui hodie secundum Salzman celebrantur, deos pertinerent. Fruamini… Read more ⇢

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