Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!riddle From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Learning Latin and Greek (Re: learning Esperanto first) Message-ID: <634@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:08:25 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.634 Posted: Tue Jan 15 02:08:25 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 04:11:13 EST References: <1143@druny.UUCP> <262@topaz.ARPA> Organization: U. of Tx. at Houston-in-the-Hills Lines: 18 > > the classics would not be easily read, but I'd rather the children > > were able to read the one hundred periodicals now published in > > Esperanto world-wide with an emphasis on peace, rather than > > the Helenic wars! > > If we do not study history, we will be doomed to repeat it. > I'd suggest learning Latin instead. How many people do you know who really read the classics in the original? As far as I'm concerned, learning Latin or Greek is like studying butterflies, pottery or chess: interesting, rewarding, broadening, and part of what life is all about for those to whom it appeals, but not to be compared with the practical importance of learning a language spoken by living people. --- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") --- {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle --- riddle@ut-sally.UUCP, riddle@ut-sally.ARPA, riddle@zotz.ARPA