Thursday, January 23, 2014
Quo Semel Imbuta Est Recens Servabit Odorem Testa Diu
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), Nathan the Wise IV.4.377-380 (tr. Ernest Bell):
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And yet the superstitions we have learnedThe same, tr. Adolphus Reich:
From education, do not lose their power
When we have found them out; nor are all free
Whose judgment mocks the galling chains they wear.
The superstition in which we grew up,The German:
Does not cease influencing us, e'en after
We have discover'd its absurdity.
Not all are free who do bemock their fetters.
Der Aberglaub', in dem wir aufgewachsen,
Verliert, auch wenn wir ihn erkennen, darum
Doch seine Macht nicht über uns. — Es sind
Nicht alle frei, die ihrer Ketten spotten.
