An Observation

[sdi]

Thomas Taylor is the kind of person whose footnotes have footnotes.

Comments

[temporaryreality]

Yes! I read his footnotes and I think "Oh gosh, who do I need to read to be able to know what he's talking about?" I'm working through his version of Sallust and I sense there's a whole tradition and subtext I need to be familiar with to even know what's meant by basic words like soul, opinion, intellect, providence... because what I think those words mean isn't necessarily what they mean.