Timeline for Which (European) Language(s) are recommended to learn for philosophy?
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| Mar 17, 2018 at 21:29 | comment | added | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | Philosophical texts are usually harder to read than a purely basic knowledge of a language allows. But (a) your knowledge will grow as you read, particularly if you read a German text in tandem with an English translation; and (b) you will not be dependent, as will most of your fellow students, on the English version. When a discussion centres on a particular German word or phrase you will be able to pick up its meaning more accurately from a German lexicon or commentary. You will be able to think in German. There's no fixed or average timescale. | |
| Mar 17, 2018 at 21:17 | comment | added | riemann_lebesgue | And how much time do you think it takes to get to the standard needed to be able to read philosophical texts | |
| Mar 17, 2018 at 21:12 | vote | accept | riemann_lebesgue | ||
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| Mar 16, 2018 at 16:21 | history | edited | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 16, 2018 at 15:51 | history | answered | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |