I am but an implement [04 Jan 2009|03:53am] [ mood | depressed ] [ music | Collective Soul - Shine ] Two things, first a musing: My reference to Bacchus as my livejournal name. This was inspired by the writings of a medieval scholar, studying in Oxford, who mailed home to his parents for more money to help him complete college. The exact quote is (as Translated by "The Rise of Universities" from the original Latin), "Wherefore I respectfully beg your paternity that by the promptings of divine pity you may assist me, so that I may be able to complete what I have well begun. For you must know that without Ceres and Bacchus[,] Apollo grows cold." I appreciate that the quote shows the historical link between attending a university (Apollo) and drinking (Bacchus) goes as far back as medieval times. I've been using it to remind myself that I'm not attending college to stare at a blackboard in a classroom and incessantly review notes. I suppose I generally use the phrase "Without Bacchus, Apollo grows cold" as a more beautiful sounding version of the phrase "all work and no play." - Secondly, I've been heavily reconsidering my standing as a moral being. For a while I feel as if I was plagued by the believe that "I am a good person, and as such, the things I do are also good." post comment

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