Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.

BELLOTTO, Bernardo. Capriccio with the Colosseum.
1743-44. Oil on canvas. Galleria Nazionale, Parma.

Cicero here, telling us, "The beginnings of all things are small." This is true, of course, of Rome, who was not built in a day. This aphorism expresses perhaps that most Roman of virtues, the idea beauty takes time. In other words, the people of Rome understood the patience and perseverance involved in building great things, things that last for more than the generation that has created it. Keep this in mind as you consider your own education, your life, and God's world in which your life participates.

Agenda:

1. Pater noster
2. Latin Proverb: Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. 
3. Review and discuss Poetry Project: "The Ladder of St. Augustine" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. Read Confessions silently
5. Discuss Key sections of Confessions:
1. RJ on Augustine's and the Problem of Evil: A Logical Analysis 
6. Confessions Quiz: Books 5-7
7. Review HW:
1. Study for Confessions Quiz on Books 5-9
2. Confessions Essay
3. Read Books X - XI by Friday (9/15)