/lit/ - Literature

>>23105675
Latin is used in the natural sciences (ie. taxonomic nomenclature), medicine, is still the official language of the Roman Catholic Church, and is, of course, still immensely valuable if you wish to read or study the classics, the Western philosophical tradition following the Greeks, a vast collection of literary and artistic works, foundational texts in the sciences and mathematics, historical works, ancient texts and manuscripts generally, in their original language, rather than having to rely on a translation, which may or may not be a "good" or accurate, translation - which should strive to conserve the literary/stylistic aspect of the text, in addition, to the more direct meaning of the words, with some lines or phrases possibly getting lost in translation or other compromises may be made by translators seeking to reach that balance and keep faithful to the intention of the original work/author as best as they can). Without reading the texts in their original language, you are taking the translator/translation at face value and dealing with an inherently imperfect, inferior means of understanding the author or work. You are only getting an approximation, a vague or general impression of the text, rather than the text as it would be fully understood in the original language. Academics still study Latin, it's not as esoteric or uncommon as you (or other pseuds/normalfags/brainlets smoothbrains) think.

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>>16483619
>duurr anon 'ave u got any recs
t. satirist

>Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

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>>16257265
>form and function should be separated

>Dante's Inferno is just self-insert fanfiction