Classicus

The word classicus was used in a figurative sense by Aulus Gellius, and applied to writers: a writer of worth and distinction, classicus assiduusque scriptor, a writer who is of account, has real property, and is not lost in the proletariate crowd. ❋ Unknown (1909)

For the ancient Romans, the word " classicus " originally designated somebody belonging to the highest tax bracket. ❋ Eric Ormsby (2010)

The conflict between the forces and relations of production in the eastern part of the homeland of Karl Marx thus became a locus classicus of the sort of contradiction he had originally identified. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(The locus classicus here would be the now-famous Philadelphia address on race and racism, which allowed Obama to turn the dross of his connection with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright into the gold of “the healing process.”) « Previous Page ❋ Unknown (2009)

Research into the myth of the rational economist could well begin with Bryan's recent post "Borjas: What's His Problem," which is a locus classicus of economist's notorious shortcomings: laziness, moralism, and egotism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(The locus classicus here would be the now-famous Philadelphia address on race and racism, which allowed Obama to turn the dross of his connection with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright into the gold of “the healing process.”) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Theodore Dalrymple decries a particular piece of literature as the locus classicus of self-pity and victimhood and suggests an alternative title: "How to be Privileged and Yet Feel Extremely Aggrieved". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Theodore Dalrymple decries the icon of women's literature Three Guineas as the locus classicus of self-pity and victimhood and suggests an alternative title: "How to be Privileged and Yet Feel Extremely Aggrieved". ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the car breaks down or gets a flat—a locus classicus in road novels, even in Lolita—the men climb out of the Marmon and swap stories and philosophies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many commentators on the American political scene including, for example, the locus classicus of American observers, Alexis de Tocqueville, noticed the same thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The locus classicus is The Sun Also Rises 1926, in which “that dirty war” has left Jake Barnes without the equipment to be a full man. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Leigh Hunt reconstructs the Arthurian locus classicus as a gathering place for Romantic knights errant, crusading for the value of aesthetic pleasure in an age of consumer materialism. ❋ Unknown (2007)

My locus classicus for this is Orwell's essay on Dickens, an essay that I love, and whenever I read it, I want to rush up and read some Dickens, to experience everything Orwell does... and if I try that, I am reminded of how much I can't stand Dickens, can't even get a few sentences into his writing. ❋ Lemon Hound (2009)