Posted by andyb on January 13, 2010 at 13:34:16 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Missee Lee posted by ACB on January 13, 2010 at 12:49:04:
Cunningly linking threads, what do people think Latin meant to ML? Why was she so keen on it (as opposed to Shakespeare, philosophy or mathematics)? I imagine that, Latin grammar would have quite a different significance to a speaker of a non Indo-European language, far fewer common building blocks and more exotic differences. I would have thought Greek might have more appeal if ML wanted to understand the roots of Western civilisation, or was it the the continuity of Latin institutions of church and state that appealed?