>he honestly thinks reading the Iliad and the Odyssey in English is the same as reading in Homeric Greek
>he honestly thinks reading the Bible in English is the same as reading in the original language
>he honestly believes poetry can be translated
>he honestly believe complex philosophic ideas can be translated without loss
How much of a pleb are you?
He honestly thinks reading the Iliad and the Odyssey in English is the same as reading in Homeric Greek
Dominic Gonzalez
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Daniel Gray
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Dominic Edwards
>le learning a whole new language you'll never need to read books you can read in your own language
Parker Mitchell
Why do /pol/tards come here and shitpost?
Samuel Allen
its complicated.
in essence youre right but rarely does anyone encounter things in pure form, in fact it might be impossible, so it almost doesn't matter for teh sake of any reasons why you might be reading these things aside from self-serving intellectual masturbation
Isaac Rogers
OP displaying a total lack of knowledge and education
Yawn
Connor Long
>he honestly thinks reading the bible in English is the same as reading in the original language
No, it's better
Christian Morris
ah yes, the word from god came from English itself. His first words were: Let there be light and fish 'n' chips m8
Luke Ortiz
>he actually thinks translating is difficult
where did this meme come from?
Andrew Phillips
>he thinks it isn't
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