Wednesday, August 07, 2024
Killjoy
Basil of Caesarea, Letters 22.1 (tr. Roy J. Deferrari):
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The Christian ought not to speak in a light vein. He ought not to make merry or tolerate merry-makers.I don't have access to Teodor Baconsky, Le rire des Pères: essai sur le rire dans la patristique grecque (Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 1996).
ὅτι οὐ δεῖ εὐτράπελα φθέγγεσθαι. ὅτι οὐ δεῖ γελᾷν οὐδὲ γελοιαστῶν ἀνέχεσθαι.
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