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I plan to begin translating Homer’s The Odyssey soon and release it sometime next year. This translation will be unique as I will be translating it from Latin (after I learn Latin which should only take me a few months.) Normally I recommend Emily Wilson’s translation as it is the most accurate from Greek translation, but a from Greek translation on serves to better appreciate Plato dunking on Homer. Homer is a hack and should be thought of as one.

The thing is, Heidegger was wrong about Greek and German being the languages of philosophy; it’s actually Latin, which was were the greatest developments in NeoPlatonism can be seen. I know Plotinus wrote in Greek, but he only laid the foundations; the real work was in Latin. Plotinus I believe also approached Plato with a Latin mind, and he very likely knew Latin. As well all know, knowing another language helps you think in different ways, so the origin of Plotinus’ writing is in essence Latin.

So why am I translating the work of a hack from Latin? Because the rendering of Homer into Latin gave it NeoPlatonic underpinnings that were not there before, or rather UNCONCEALED them.

Normally I say, start with the Greeks, but Plato and Aristotle, not Homer and Hesiod, but with this translation, Homer can be added to the essential Greeks.

>> No.20845359

>>20845272
Tu ne seras jamais une vraie femme.

>> No.20845398

>>20845272
wtf no Latin is atrocious. Greek is the house of Being. Latin is the house of technique. You will fucking doom us you haughty nigger. This translation will literally be what does in Western civilization

>> No.20845877

REACH OUT AND TOUCH FAITH

>> No.20845881

>>20845272
this is good; you sound exactly like him down to the DALLE-meets-chinese-room tier parsing of assorted topics

>> No.20845883

>This translation will be unique as I will be translating it from Latin (after I learn Latin which should only take me a few months.)
>(after I learn Latin which should only take me a few months.)
lol. lmao even. I give you 2 weeks of solid effort before you give up.

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>>20845272
>This translation will be unique as I will be translating it from Latin
>(after I learn Latin which should only take me a few months.)

>> No.20845969

>>20845881
Thanks, man. I try my best with it. It’s an art.

>> No.20845974

>>20845272
>a few months to learn Latin
Bruh I learned Latin in 2 weeks lmao. Nice try, hylic

>> No.20846004

>>20845272
>Normally I recommend Emily Wilson’s translation as it is the most accurate from Greek translation
kek

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>another thread by the resident schizo

all fields

>> No.20846384

>>20846127
what race is this?

>> No.20847643

ahh