Is learning latin the ultimate /lit/ redpill?

[Anonymous No.17358302]

This language has like 1500 years worth of literature

[Anonymous No.17358327]

>>17358302
>if one wishes to be competent in Latin literature, one has to have mastered Greek.
t. Valla

[Anonymous No.17358331]

>>17358327
The opposite is true

[Anonymous No.17358337]

>>17358327
>>17358331
Either would help with the other. Sanskrit could also be useful.

[Anonymous No.17358349]

>>17358337
Except sanskrit isn't worthwile compared to greek or latin if you're interested in literature. It has only something to offers you if you're a linguist or a brahman.

[Anonymous No.17358385]

E tenebris tantis tam clarum extollere lumen
qui primus potuisti inlustrans commoda vitae,
te sequor, o Graiae gentis decus, inque tuis nunc
ficta pedum pono pressis vestigia signis,
non ita certandi cupidus quam propter amorem
quod te imitari aveo; quid enim contendat hirundo
cycnis, aut quid nam tremulis facere artubus haedi
consimile in cursu possint et fortis equi vis?
tu, pater, es rerum inventor, tu patria nobis
suppeditas praecepta, tuisque ex, inclute, chartis,
floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant,
omnia nos itidem depascimur aurea dicta,
aurea, perpetua semper dignissima vita.
nam simul ac ratio tua coepit vociferari
naturam rerum divina mente coorta
diffugiunt animi terrores, moenia mundi
discedunt. totum video per inane geri res.
apparet divum numen sedesque quietae,
quas neque concutiunt venti nec nubila nimbis
aspergunt neque nix acri concreta pruina
cana cadens violat semper[que] innubilus aether
integit et large diffuso lumine ridet:
omnia suppeditat porro natura neque ulla
res animi pacem delibat tempore in ullo.
at contra nusquam apparent Acherusia templa,
nec tellus obstat quin omnia dispiciantur,
sub pedibus quae cumque infra per inane geruntur.
his ibi me rebus quaedam divina voluptas
percipit atque horror, quod sic natura tua vi
tam manifesta patens ex omni parte retecta est.

[Anonymous No.17358404]

>>17358302
Latin is the golden gateway that leads into Greek, which is the final redpill

[Anonymous No.17358411]

>>17358349
Filtered

[Anonymous No.17358474]

>>17358411
1) you don't speak nor read sanskrit
2) in both measure of quality and quantity, sanskrit is empty in comparison to greek, and to latin
3) you only like sanskrit because you think it's a "based indoeuropean/aryan language"

[Anonymous No.17358542]

>>17358302
Would starting to learn it at 25 be too late?

[Anonymous No.17358551]

>>17358542
>25 be too late?
No. Would it be your first time learning a language tho?

[Anonymous No.17358569]

>>17358404
>>17358327
Which is true?

[Anonymous No.17358571]

>>17358551
No, third (ESL and know japanese)

[Anonymous No.17358588]

>>17358571
Good. You already did a really foreign language and I assume your first language is european, you knowing two europeans languages will help you a lot. Is you first language a romance one? Anyhow, 25 is not early but it's far from late.

[Anonymous No.17358648]

>>17358302
Sanskrit

[Anonymous No.17358668]

>>17358302
Doesn't seem as remarkable considering how much romance terminology the major western languages contain compared to something more different like Greek. I find it fun though to look up roots and etymologies.

[Anonymous No.17358762]

>>17358588
German and thanks

[Anonymous No.17358864]

Latin/Greek are essential for anglos because our native grammar is so basic. At least Germans have a case system

[Anonymous No.17359133]

>>17358302
stuck in the dreaded intermediate latin plateu. Can read bible and Aquinas. Cant read any classical.

[Anonymous No.17359167]

>>17358302
>Is learning latin the ultimate /lit/ redpill?
Yeah, but only after French.

[Anonymous No.17359184]

>>17359133
Can you read Augustine?

[Anonymous No.17359202]

>>17358385
yeah right

[Anonymous No.17359212]

>>17358864
English also has a case system. We just depend more on word order. I don't think either one is somehow magically better than the other.

[Anonymous No.17359230]

>>17359212
english has a genitive case or possessive case and a remnant of accusative/dative for pronouns only.

[Anonymous No.17359253]

>>17359212
>English also has a case system
no it does not. if we did we wouldn't have to depend so much on word order

[Anonymous No.17359578]

>>17359184
rough time with it but i can get through the loeb because it has the vocab.

[Anonymous No.17359592]

>>17358302
https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/latin
pretty good article.
i learned latin it what luke says is true. It's insane what's out there. you will be connecting to 2000+ years of western tradition.

[Anonymous No.17359669]

>>17359592
this article is literally just like 3 4chan shitposts stuck together

[Anonymous No.17359797]

>>17358569
just learn both, you aren't lazy are you anon

[Anonymous No.17359935]

>>17359578
You should try not using the loebs and just using a dictionary. I think this is the fastest way to get better at learning Latin, although at first it's kinda painful. Learning Latin takes discipline more than anything else.