Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: una frase di Aristotele

Ho trovato questa citazione di Aristotele in inglese:
        No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
Mi chiedo se "mixture" significhi proprio "miscuglio", o se piuttosto non vada
tradotto come "buona dose" o in altro modo.
Ovviamente, se qualcuno per caso conosce la frase in traduzione italiana...
Ciao.
I've found this Aristotle's quotation in English:
        No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
I wonder if "mixture" really means "miscuglio", or if it should rather be
translated "buona dose" or in another way.
Of course, if somebody happens to know the sentence in an Italian
translation...
Bye.
(Any English mistakes? Thanks for corrections if any)
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Emanuele

(Any English mistakes? Thanks for corrections if any)
It should be "this Aristotle quotation"
A quotation of/from Aristotle = one of Aristotle's quotations =
an Aristotle quotation. "Aristotle" in the latter is an adjective.
Eg: a Bocelli song; that Abba record; this Shakespeare sonnet;
another pedantic Raymot reply ... etc.
Ciao, 
Raymot
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 an Aristotle quotation. "Aristotle" in the latter is an adjective.
In fact, I wasn't sure of that.
But why do you say "Aristotle's quotations" in the plural? Why that "'s"?
In any case, thank you. Bye.
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Emanuele

But why do you say "Aristotle's quotations" in the plural? Why that
"'s"?
Because it one of the several quotations of Aristotle.
It's the same in Italian, isn't it?
cheers,
Peltio
How about the 'the', now?

It's the same in Italian, isn't it?
No. "Ho trovato questa citazione di Aristotele", "ho trovato queste
citazioni di Aristotele". "Il mio amico", "I miei amici".
Il punto non e` l'uso del plurale, ma perche' il possessivo "'s" e`
corretto con il plurale e non con il singolare. O, meglio, quando si usa
"'s" e quando non si usa? O perche' il fatto che ci siano piu` citazioni di
Aristotele impone l'uso dell'aggettivo in luogo del possessivo?
Ciao.

Emanuele
There are many quotations from Aristotle. This is one of them =
this is one of Aristotle's quotations = uno delle citazioni di
Aristotle.(?)
Raymot
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 I will better the price you have been offered by The Riders.
Mmm... I'm shivering in antici-passion!
Your royal generosity is - how can I say? - Royal!
I can only promise I shall do my best to deserve such a gift.
My very own personal steed... This is something I so yearned for in the days
of my youth... I still remember the bitter disappointment when my parents
bought my younger brother, on his fourteenth birthday, the Vespa I was
always denied!
Thanking Your Majesty with unutterable gratitude,
Quadrophenially yours
Anna

 expression he was looking for is, "end of story"?
Not to mention, just what why did he have those 'scouters' on the first
place, did he own a scout troop?  ;-)
Loki

 place, did he own a scout troop?  ;-)
Yes... He's a fan of Baden-Powell...
;-)))))))))))))
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Er Roscio.

place, did he own a scout troop?  ;-)
It was only a little understandable mistake of mine: you know, I have a
scout troop, in fact (where do you think all that scooters are coming
from?: my scouters report me about wild scooters passage in wild western
lands, then I send my scoot-boys to catch them). I've though no intention
to "sell" my scouters to anyone (not to mention to The Riders).
Ciao.

I will better the price you have been offered by The Riders.
Sorry: mi fecero un'offerta che non potei rifiutare (palermitani per parte
di madre, The Riders, you know).
Ciao.

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Dear Giovanni.
An offer that can't be refused, is an offer which can't be refused. Alas,
but I quite see and thank you. Not to worry, we shall take up a collection
at Yuletide so that Lady Anna may yet have her own personal steed with which
to gallivant about the Realm. In the meantime, I trust she will not be too
put out by having to make do with our newly acquired fleet of red buses -
though I grant you they are not quite the same and are also not known to
enhance the image of a die-hard rockette. They will on the other hand,
accommodate a large number of back-stage groupies at any one time......
--
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb

 persona molto famosa.
You must have missed my other post.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 
Infatti secondo me č meglio evitare.
Non sono d'accordo con Ron e Raymot che sia giusto dire "a Giovanni
scooter" o "one of the Giovanni scooters".
Si usa questa forma *soltanto* con un marchio/nome di societą/nome di
persona molto famosa.
Es:
A Shakespeare sonnet, a Fiat car, a packet of Barilla pasta.
Altrimenti bisogna dire:
"one of Giovanni's scooters"
o "a scooter of Giovanni's".
Parlando delle citazioni di Aristotele, se vuoi dire "una citazione di
Aristotele" si traduce "one of Aristotle's quotations" o "an Aristotle
quotation". 
Perņ, se abbiamo appena parlato di certe sue citazioni e ti riferisci ad
una di loro, diresti "one of the Aristotle quotations we were just
talking about".
Mary
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"Wit is educated insolence" - Aristotle

USA
Anche il mio. Mi pare che siamo tutti d'accordo.
Raymot
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