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https://blogicarian.blogspot.com/2019/03/argumentum-ad-ignorantiam.html https://blogicarian.blogspot.com/2019/03/argumentum-ad-ignor... — per this blog post (wh
by svat 2y ago
https://blogicarian.blogspot.com/2019/03/argumentum-ad-ignorantiam.html https://blogicarian.blogspot.com/2019/03/argumentum-ad-ignor... — per this blog post (which takes https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/what-does-the-latin-actually-say https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons... as the starting point), most classicists “can't sight-read a complex Latin text all that well” [unlike medievalists and Renaissance scholars].
- dhosek 2y agoGranted I’m 35 years out of undergrad, but my classics professors could most definitely sight-read complex Latin just fine.