>Leibniz's contributions to a wide range of subjects were scattered in various learned journals, in tens of thousands of letters and in unpublished manuscripts. He wrote in several languages, primarily in Latin, French and German. >In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton wrote a Latin-language book, Philosophi* Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which explained his laws of motion and gravity. >
Descartes epitomises the dilemma faced by many intellectuals: he wrote his most celebrated philosophical works in Latin, yet he authorised and reviewed their French translations,just as he had done with the Latin translation of the Discourse on Method.
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Just speak German bro, there's no need to hypothesise how the English language would have developed without French influence. It's fun, but it's not a real language.
It entirely depends what you want to read. I’m learning Greek right now and that gives you access to ancient Greeks, the Bible, Church fathers and Byzantine authors.
Latin gives you Romans, more Church fathers, medievals and lots from the renaissance-19th century.
You’ll probably recognize more Latin words which is one point in its favor.
The Romans were a great race but they made some serious mistakes and were conscious of their inferiority compared to the Hellenes. It's almost kind of laughable that Latin is presented as this mystical, serious language when Greek fits that role far better, and if anything Latin feels like its spunky younger sibling.
And both were inferior to the Sumerians. All major Greek/Roman works are just copies of old Sumerian legends that were passed down orally. The Old Testament is an example of that.
those are just pronunciation systems since medievals had no way yet to properly reconstruct the sounds of the Latin they nevertheless sought to imitate in writing, the crystallized form of the late Republic/early Empire known as classical
medieval Latin does more or less depending on the author stray from the classical paradigm but more because of ignorance than will
Greek, despite being native Romance speaker and learning Latin first; the latter always feels somewhat clunky when compared to the former which really grows on you
>Which one is more aesthetic?
Latin >Which one is more useful?
Interested in history, so Latin >Which one would you learn if you could only choose one?
I'm already learning Latin
>be able to read medieval/modern scientific stuff
Obviously Latin.
Modern scientific stuff is written in english, not latin. Medieval scientific stuff is outdated.
>Leibniz's contributions to a wide range of subjects were scattered in various learned journals, in tens of thousands of letters and in unpublished manuscripts. He wrote in several languages, primarily in Latin, French and German.
>In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton wrote a Latin-language book, Philosophi* Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which explained his laws of motion and gravity.
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Descartes epitomises the dilemma faced by many intellectuals: he wrote his most celebrated philosophical works in Latin, yet he authorised and reviewed their French translations,just as he had done with the Latin translation of the Discourse on Method.
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The term for that period of time is "early modern"
>more aesthetic
Greek
>more useful
Latin
I like germanic words the best
German ok, but English is ugly
Based and Anglish-pilled
Anglish is the worst sounding language of all time
Thank God for William the Conqueror
enough about dutch
Just speak German bro, there's no need to hypothesise how the English language would have developed without French influence. It's fun, but it's not a real language.
>German
>No French influence
Anon...
You moron
>community
>language
>created
>revive
>replace
>virgin
>appreciate
>recognize
You will never be a German.
said no one ever
become norwegian-pilled, bros. most dialect-rich language in the world.
I've considered it
I will likely learn German because it is the most useful germanic language but I have considered Norwegian
You will never understand the norwegian dialects as a non norwegian though. I can’t even speak my own dialect to 99% of people in Norway.
It entirely depends what you want to read. I’m learning Greek right now and that gives you access to ancient Greeks, the Bible, Church fathers and Byzantine authors.
Latin gives you Romans, more Church fathers, medievals and lots from the renaissance-19th century.
You’ll probably recognize more Latin words which is one point in its favor.
>Church fathers
Which ones?
The ones that rjuined everthing
Which are?
everyone after plato
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Fathers scroll down here. Latin fathers vs Greek, Apostolic & Desert are in Greek.
The Romans were a great race but they made some serious mistakes and were conscious of their inferiority compared to the Hellenes. It's almost kind of laughable that Latin is presented as this mystical, serious language when Greek fits that role far better, and if anything Latin feels like its spunky younger sibling.
And both were inferior to the Sumerians. All major Greek/Roman works are just copies of old Sumerian legends that were passed down orally. The Old Testament is an example of that.
That's because there are several different forms of Greek, while there's only one form of Latin.
>there's only one form of Latin.
Aren't there two forms though; Ecclesiastical and Restored Classical?
those are just pronunciation systems since medievals had no way yet to properly reconstruct the sounds of the Latin they nevertheless sought to imitate in writing, the crystallized form of the late Republic/early Empire known as classical
medieval Latin does more or less depending on the author stray from the classical paradigm but more because of ignorance than will
Anglo-saxonese
Latin >>>>
Greek, despite being native Romance speaker and learning Latin first; the latter always feels somewhat clunky when compared to the former which really grows on you
संस्कृतम्
better literature
better "philosophy"
alive
>Which one is more useful?
🙂
>Which one is more aesthetic?
Latin
>Which one is more useful?
Interested in history, so Latin
>Which one would you learn if you could only choose one?
I'm already learning Latin
If you're interested in history you should learn Greek because of herodotus
I don't care for Greek history.
tbh I *like* english. It has a certain crisp satisfaction to it.
I want to learn ancient greek but I have to take latin to get into a university that offers classics.
You can learn it on your own.
You have time for both
If you're a patrician, you'll learn Latin; however if you're an erudite or celibate, then greek is your choice.
Explain your reasoning
>Explain your reasoning
No, but I'll state it again in a simpler fashion:
Latin is for cool people, while Greek is for nerds and virgins.