In the Commentary on Boethius’s De Trinitate, written soon after becoming a master of theology, Thomas says that the theological master cannot and must not openly speak about all that he knows lest others fall into error or fail to seek the truth for themselves. He quotes an anonymous source as an authority: “Hidden things are sought more avidly, and the concealed seems more venerable, and things long sought are cherished the more.”
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Utstein Killed the Sons of Ulf
Utstein said:
“I'd take on all
of Eystein's band,
with my sword slash them
same way as these,
if I saw a need
such work to do,
should enmity fall
first among us.
No one's too keen
to cross me now,
for long ago
my life was shaped.
Hard is the heart
I have in my breast.
As a child I found
favour with Odin.”
Nietzsche and Scandinavian saga
It's a paraphrase from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (The Saga of Half and His Heroes):
Ek hefi hjarta
hart í brjósti,
síz mér í æsku
Óðinn framdi.
English translation by Peter Tunstall:
Hard is the heart
I have in my breast.
As a child I found
favour with Odin.
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