To Be Alive Is to Suffer

Jim Babka on Jul 30th 2008

I recently read an article, that was really an excerpt from the book, “Paterno: By the Book,” where the legendary Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno, explains what discovering Virgil’s Aeneid meant to him as a person and a football coach.

Paterno’s take on the mythical Aeneas’ trials really spoke to me. Aeneas had to suffer. Virgil provides his reason for why this suffering had to occur. Continue Reading »

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