on the interpretation of the use of the imperfect tense in ancient greek as a way to be able to make statements about an author:
‘You’ll find articles written on this: “His use of the imperfective tense there shows that…he was crazy, or that he had been drinking, or blah blah blah.”‘
–R. Hamilton, 9/10/04
runner-up:
‘[The sentence] says, “Virtue is the origin of life for a man.” Of course, chaos is the origin of life for a man, according to Hesiod.’
–R. Hamilton, 9/10/04