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For what purpose have you summoned me? (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@MudMan

I think this is an interesting topic

This comment from an old Reddit post seems to contain some knowledge, imo

https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/1SHtAFS093

As noted in that comment, in reading Goethe’s Faust I remember distinctly that line, ERITUS SICUT DEUS, SCIENTES BONUM ET MALUM.

Something about its oldness, religiosity and simplicity make it magical to me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure. I guess what I'm saying is that perception is fundamentally anglocentric.

Obviously, by being retained as a liturgical language romance language speakers associate it as much to demonology as they do to... you know, your cousin getting married or a nerdy college student having obnoxious debates at the pub.

I'm also saying that it sounds dumb to me. Just culturally it immediately flags somebody copying their homework or resorting to things that sound fancy to them when they're not.