Is Originality Needed?

Happy Monday! So, I was having some difficulty deciding what to write about today and realized that I don't necessarily have to dig for some inspirational topic or words. It can just be thoughts or something that I thought was interesting. So, going along with this theme, I wanted to discuss my Restoration English class. (Restoration just means we're reading texts from 1660-1800).

Right now we're reading Jonathan Swift...quite the character.  He is quite humorous, but most of his works should probably be read at least twice. In a lot of his writings, he is discussing the differences between ancient and modern (his time) writers.  In reality, it is a question we still deal with today.  Who are the most important authors we need to read? Homer? Descartes? Shakespeare? Aquinas? O'Connor? etc.