Idéhistorikern Anthony Grafton har kommit med en ny bok om antikforskare från 1400-talet och framåt. Han tycks skriva om en samling forskare vars latinsknördighet kunde driva dem till vansinnets rand:
The mental price could be high. A French Jesuit, whose command of Greek and Latin was so exquisite he could detect a grammatical flaw at a glance, eventually persuaded himself that, with a handful of exceptions, all of ancient literature — including the archive of the fathers of the church — was created by a monkish cabal.
Läs en recension av D.J.R. Bruckner: ’Bring Out Your Dead’: Ideas in the Flesh. [New York Times: Books]