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Wait is the English a translation or did he write them in both languages? I’m guessing the former since the English seems too modern (and writing both versions
by SilasX 5y ago
Wait is the English a translation or did he write them in both languages? I’m guessing the former since the English seems too modern (and writing both versions would be a lot of work).
- TheFreim 5y agoIt's a translation. It was originally written in Latin.
- DemocracyFTW 5y agocf. 般諾波羅心經 which is, in fact, thought to have been first composed in Chinese, and later to be translated to Sanskrit. Also Aquinas was a 13th c Italian who ended up in Paris, so not altogether unreasonable that he did write in England, in English, given his conventionalized first name. I only say this to safeguard against comments along the lines that were my first impulse.
- Finnucane 5y agoIf Aquinas knew any English, it would have been more like Chaucer’s. It’s unlikely he would have had any reason to write books in English.
- SilasX 5y agoYeah that was one (of many) indicators the English wasn't an original from Aquinas. I was just confused because normally a translation will be marked as such, with the translator's name.