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Sounds like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesopian_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesopian_language
by do_not_redeem 2y ago
Sounds like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesopian_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesopian_language
- walterbell 2y agoIndeed. Also linked from that article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_and_the_Art_of_Writing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_and_the_Art_of_Wri... > prior to the 19th century, Western scholars commonly understood that philosophical writing is not at home in any polity, no matter how liberal.. In questioning established opinions.. pre-modern philosophers found it necessary to convey their messages obliquely. Their "art of writing" was the art of esoteric communication. This is all the more apparent in medieval times, when heterodox political thinkers wrote under the threat of the Inquisition or comparably strict tribunals.