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I think this conflates typically verbose academic/philosophical writing with German itself. Many great old philosophers came out of Germany, in a time where wr
by sarabande 8y ago
I think this conflates typically verbose academic/philosophical writing with German itself. Many great old philosophers came out of Germany, in a time where writing obtusely to make a point was in vogue (in English, too, not just German), so this may add to the perception of German philosophy needing to be contorted.
I've read refreshingly concise modern works in both and English and German and can assure you that style is the writer's fault, not the language's.
- TomMarius 8y agoCould you share an example? I'd like to read something while learning German.
- sarabande 8y agoI can't say I really found use out of the book I'm about to mention, but Michael Bordt writes a lot of philosophy/self-help books in a concise German style. For example, "Die Kunst, die Eltern zu enttäuschen: Vom Mut zum selbstbestimmten Leben."