Come on, the (short) texts I've seen decoded were extremely exciting to me, surprising and event still relevant today. I think we have so comparatively little text from such an ancient time that every little passage we can recover is extremely valuable for preservation, historical context, or just philosophically, etc..
This is often said, but this passage could really have been written today:
"… we will inquire into something, but we
will not grasp it, if in some way we depart
from ourselves and from our own nature,
and besides, in the same way as the
remaining arts may be said to be perfected
in one respect, but to be deficient in
practical wisdom in another respect…"
From PHerc. 1667, col 17 (see Complete virtual unwrapping and reading of
a rolled Herculaneum papyrus, pg 25)
Very cool stuff.
This is often said, but this passage could really have been written today:
"… we will inquire into something, but we
will not grasp it, if in some way we depart
from ourselves and from our own nature,
and besides, in the same way as the
remaining arts may be said to be perfected
in one respect, but to be deficient in
practical wisdom in another respect…"
From PHerc. 1667, col 17 (see Complete virtual unwrapping and reading of a rolled Herculaneum papyrus, pg 25)
Very cool stuff.