>language used in the first academy
>not lingua franca of any modern academic organizations
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>language used in the first academy. >not lingua franca of any modern academic organizations
>language used in the first academy
>not lingua franca of any modern academic organizations
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ain't been that way since Roman times when the educated populace spoke Greek
they fear the inherent intellectual developing potential of the greek language hence they use latin to keep the general population midwits
That's not how it works. You can express any thought in any natural human language, you need to learn some basic linguistics.
Retroactively refuted by Piraha
What can't you express in Latin that you can express in Greek which would be detrimental to understand key concepts of philosophy?
Why do you think Lucretius and other Latin writers had to borrow Greek words despite their best efforts to avoid doing so?
Why do you think we still use Greek and Latin as a source when we have to create new words, like "cosmonaut"?
Greek > Latin > any other language except maybe Sanskrit.
So... Your entire argument is that Romans chose to borrow words instead of making new ones.
We also choose to do the same nowadays. Because our languages are too poor compared to the richness of ancient Greek.
>basic words used in a compound BAD
>basic greek words used in a compound OOOAOUUUHUUHHH SO CULTURED IM COOMING
shut the frick up you braindead child you don't even speak another language
>Ancient Greek uses Greek to make the word "lifeword" (biology)
Omg so intelligent
>anyone else does this
How crude
It's not that we can't do that, it's that we chose not because many foundational texts used the term. In English, it's perfectly common to hear the term "Life Science" instead of "Biology," especially when talking to kids. It's an extremely simple concept to convey. As these kids get older, however, we teach them to say "Biology" because everyone else says "Biology."
I think there is a possible benefit in using an archaic language for technical understanding. A language is in some sense a reflection of its speakers and their society. Our modern languages change continously which quickly makes everything dated and degrades crystallized knowledge. Look, for example, at how NASA within the span of two generations lost most if not all space-faring capabilities. Maintaining knowledge is doubly difficult when both the language and the people are changing, it takes massive resourses. But ancient Greek is in principle lexicographically complete, there is no danger of the ground morphing beneath your feet. There is no ambiguity built into the language itself.
>maintaining knowledge is difficult
how hard is it to write something in paper or in this age, save in a drive?
You can record it, but to understand it, and to understand the cultural practices that are being conveyed over a time of, let's say 100 years, is difficult. You misunderstand.
no there are languages wich are limited, this isnt even- anon what the frick was this post? A fricking mongolian teen wont be able to fully express shit in his own language with complete accuracy if he suddenly got to live a week or a month in a british man lifend body
hard sapir whorf thesis is dumb, false, and moronic
don't know what your point was but Mongolian is more expressive than English
Latin surpassed Greek with Priscian.
Latin will never be a beautiful language like this;
Το σύμπαν δεν προσφέρει κακό ούτε παρηγοριά, αντιδρά μόνο ως απάντηση στις αντίστοιχες ενέργειές σας.
Its almost as if... Language doesn't really matter... Wow... Wait till you learn what language the israelites and Arabs read Plato in... Not Greek...
>Its almost as if
Go back.
Latin used to be the lingua franca of scientists, I had to read a whole papers and introductions in Latin. Oxford classical editions until recently used only latin introductions.
>latin as the lingua franca
>not cuneiform
>lingua franca
What?