Jacob Joseph Andrews
@jandrews2.bsky.social
PhD Philosophy, Loyola Chicago
MPhil Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, KU Leuven
Latin and Logic, Covenant Classical School
Translating the Summae of William of Auxerre
https://jacobjandrews.wordpress.com/
MPhil Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, KU Leuven
Latin and Logic, Covenant Classical School
Translating the Summae of William of Auxerre
https://jacobjandrews.wordpress.com/
Reposted by Jacob Joseph Andrews
Did you know that standard Arabic is a “dead” language, like Latin? It has no native speakers, and hasn’t for centuries. But no one would deny that it is “alive” in every other sense: people converse in it, write in it, think in it, learn in it, make friends in it.
August 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Did you know that standard Arabic is a “dead” language, like Latin? It has no native speakers, and hasn’t for centuries. But no one would deny that it is “alive” in every other sense: people converse in it, write in it, think in it, learn in it, make friends in it.
四海之內皆兄弟也
Quī quattuor maria intrā sunt, omnēs frātrēs.
All within the Four Seas are brothers.
-Confucius, Analects 12
Quī quattuor maria intrā sunt, omnēs frātrēs.
All within the Four Seas are brothers.
-Confucius, Analects 12
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
四海之內皆兄弟也
Quī quattuor maria intrā sunt, omnēs frātrēs.
All within the Four Seas are brothers.
-Confucius, Analects 12
Quī quattuor maria intrā sunt, omnēs frātrēs.
All within the Four Seas are brothers.
-Confucius, Analects 12
Sine dubio!
Honestly, I’d have to vote for Argos, Odysseus’ dog.
the best animal character in all of literature is Mouse the horse in Lonesome Dove
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sine dubio!
Dē Arāneā Parvā Fistulam Ascendentī / The Itsy Bitsy Spider
YouTube video by Magister Andrews
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November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ecce Potato, the large-nosed potato dragon!
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ecce Potato, the large-nosed potato dragon!
"El yo individual que servía de objeto á las especulaciones de la sofística, cede el lugar al yo universal, al yo de la especie humana, á la conciencia del género humano." - Zeferino sobre Socrátes
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"El yo individual que servía de objeto á las especulaciones de la sofística, cede el lugar al yo universal, al yo de la especie humana, á la conciencia del género humano." - Zeferino sobre Socrátes
Et nos icones fieri debemus!
“An Eastern Christian saw a photo of Father de Foucauld sitting on my desk and said, ‘This face is an icon.’ It’s true. We too must become icons of God’s mystery, more transparent, showing forth eschatology by placing ourselves at the heart of the cross and resurrection.” — Marie-Joseph Le Guillou
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Et nos icones fieri debemus!
Nil novi sub sole!
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nil novi sub sole!
Fīlius meus fortis💪 montem🏔️ altum ascendit!
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Fīlius meus fortis💪 montem🏔️ altum ascendit!
18th century schools were so serious about speaking Latin that they even taught students how to fight and tattle in Latin instead of English.
(From Robert Finch, Familiares Colloquendi Formulae ("Phrases for talking to friends"), 1731)
(From Robert Finch, Familiares Colloquendi Formulae ("Phrases for talking to friends"), 1731)
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
18th century schools were so serious about speaking Latin that they even taught students how to fight and tattle in Latin instead of English.
(From Robert Finch, Familiares Colloquendi Formulae ("Phrases for talking to friends"), 1731)
(From Robert Finch, Familiares Colloquendi Formulae ("Phrases for talking to friends"), 1731)
Here we go! (already found 2 typos.)
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here we go! (already found 2 typos.)
Me watching the fifth graders at recess duty, hearing almost as much Latin as English
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Me watching the fifth graders at recess duty, hearing almost as much Latin as English
I'm so good at lesson plans
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'm so good at lesson plans
Lingua Latina ex Nihilō: Multae avēs!
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lingua Latina ex Nihilō: Multae avēs!
Paulum sero...
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Paulum sero...
Eamus Catuli!
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Eamus Catuli!
Non ēligēns attamen ēligō.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Non ēligēns attamen ēligō.
Teaching object subject word order by any means necessary!
October 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Teaching object subject word order by any means necessary!
Būfō in lectō iacēbat, omnibus strāgulīs super caput tractīs.
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Būfō in lectō iacēbat, omnibus strāgulīs super caput tractīs.
Optime sua sponte crescit hedera, optime cavernis solitariis arbutus, dulciusque sine arte canunt aves.
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Optime sua sponte crescit hedera, optime cavernis solitariis arbutus, dulciusque sine arte canunt aves.
Reposted by Jacob Joseph Andrews
Mihi iterum librum Umberti Ecci “Nomen Rosae“ appellatum legenti, sententia ista iam iamque perplacet: In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mihi iterum librum Umberti Ecci “Nomen Rosae“ appellatum legenti, sententia ista iam iamque perplacet: In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.
"I never doubted you, Dr. Andrews."
"Thanks. I never doubted me either."
"Thanks. I never doubted me either."
Knowing Latin well is like a superpower that lets you make up random facts that turn out to be true.
My Latin 2's were creating a story involving a soap-monger. I made up the word sāpōnārius for his occupation. Checked my sources this evening, and what do you know...
My Latin 2's were creating a story involving a soap-monger. I made up the word sāpōnārius for his occupation. Checked my sources this evening, and what do you know...
October 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
"I never doubted you, Dr. Andrews."
"Thanks. I never doubted me either."
"Thanks. I never doubted me either."