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What languages should an educated European know?

>> No.20514460

>>20514458
english

>> No.20514463

arabic

>> No.20514469

>>20514458
English fluently (universal language, needed
German fluently (will broaden the way you think, essential if you want to study philosophy seriously)
Greek and Latin morphology/vocabulary, no need to waste your time learning them fluently

>> No.20514470

>>20514463
Why?

>> No.20514474

English is the only necessary one.
Latin and/or Ancient Greek if you want to be megaminded
French and Spanish if you want to dip your wick

>> No.20514475

>>20514469
French > German

>> No.20514481

>>20514458
English and Japanese

>> No.20514491

>>20514481
This

>> No.20514490

>>20514475
Not for philosophy, objectively.
But if one were bound to know only one, than I'd rank french above German in that case.
Knowing both is the real superpower though
t. Français

>> No.20514492

>>20514481
>Japanese
all worth japo stuff been translated to englisch

>> No.20514511

>>20514490
Do you know who pic related is? That's Thomas Browne. Read his work and you'll realize why English is the ubermensch language in terms of beauty and textural richness (Borges was a big fanboy). French is literally a dead language. The only ones who bother learning it are the nafris who swarm Paris and Marseilles kek. Dead tongue.

>“But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.”

>> No.20514541

>>20514458
French.

>> No.20514553

>>20514511
>you'll realize why English is the ubermensch language
I don't take reading advice from Nietzsche larpers, people who use "kek" and who call authors "fanboys" of languages.
I adore English and find it to be a very beautiful language, I adore English romantic poetry, etc.
I also love French, and wish to know german.
Only simpletons feel it necessary to identify fully with a single canon and language to feel intellectually living.

>> No.20514566

>>20514553
>>20514511
also to answer your question, absolutely I know Browne, I'm familiar with Religio Medici and find the language in it to be exactly my liking.

>> No.20514575

>>20514458
Latin, Icelandic (old norse by proxy), English, Russian. Pick two.

>> No.20514615

>>20514475
Good joke
French doesn't have nearly many words as german, not the same word and concept construction strength, nor philosophers worth reading (and the one worth reading were influenced by germans)

>> No.20514716

finnish, german, italian

>> No.20514739

>>20514469
this is the bare minimum

>> No.20514784

>>20514458
Spanish, Russian and Danish

>> No.20514796

>>20514458
English
German
Russian
Japanese
You're good.

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20514806

English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, ancient Greek, Sanskrit, classical Chinese

>> No.20514820

>>20514806
Sanskrit you gay?

>> No.20514863

>>20514458
An English native should learn French, German, Latin and perhaps ancient Greek so as to best understand his own language

>> No.20514870

>>20514863
Very retarded opinion, well done.

>> No.20514974

>>20514458
Spanish.

>> No.20515012

>>20514492
>all worth stuff been translated
Then it's worth it to learn the language

>> No.20515157
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20515157

>>20514463
Insanely based

>> No.20515222

>>20514458
English fluently (universal language, needed
German fluently (will broaden the way you think, essential if you want to study philosophy seriously)
Greek and Latin morphology/vocabulary, no need to waste your time learning them fluently

>> No.20515821

>>20514458
for philosophy, Attic Greek & German, English purely for convenience

>>20514463
>learn shitskin language that is irrelevant to Europe for theology that became stagnant in the 1100s after Mongols destroyed their civilization based on plagiarized Greeks

>>20514474
>French and Spanish
he's right you know. add Italian. roasties and twinks love those

>>20514475
>>20514541
>>20514863
>French for philosophy
t. amerimutts who can't even read French

>>20514481
>>20514575
>>20514806
cringe

>>20514716
>Finnish/Italian for philosophy
>>20514796
>Russian/Japanese

>>20514870
he's right about everything except French

>> No.20515908

>>20514458
Modern English
Old English
Old High German
Old Norse
Gothic
Elfdalian
Urdu
Adhuni
Mandarin
Pinghua
Haitian Creole
Manambu
Silbo Gomero
Papiamento
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Bislama
Persian/Farsi
Yazghulami
Interlingua
Quenya
Quechua
Navajo
Cherokee
Saurano
Xhosa
Zulu
Dogon
Tagalog
Aklanon