{"product_id":"long-live-latin-9781250758149b","title":"Long Live Latin","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life - whether we call it “dead” or not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat use is Latin? It’s a question we’re often asked by those who see the language of Cicero as no more than a cumbersome heap of ruins, something to remove from the curriculum. In this sustained meditation, Gardini gives us his sincere and brilliant reply: Latin is, quite simply, the means of expression that made us - and continues to make us - who we are. In Latin, the rigorous and inventive thinker Lucretius examined the nature of our world; the poet Propertius told of love and emotion in a dizzying variety of registers; Caesar affirmed man’s capacity to shape reality through reason; Virgil composed the Aeneid, without which we’d see all of Western history in a different light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLong Live Latin\u003c\/i\u003e, Gardini shares his deep love for the language - enriched by his tireless intellectual curiosity - and warmly encourages us to engage with a civilization that has never ceased to exist, because it’s here with us now, whether we know it or not. Thanks to his careful guidance, even without a single lick of Latin grammar readers can discover how this language is still capable of restoring our sense of identity, with a power that only useless things can miraculously express.","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42826997989456,"sku":"9781250758149B","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781250758149-l.jpg?v=1785908396","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/long-live-latin-9781250758149b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}