eyrea on Nostr: npub1w786z…zefqy npub1zvp5f…xzx0e Christopher Hitchens should have taken a ...
npub1w786zzkvu7k2zf2x45kr5h6dreysuz8nrxtumxpeyj3nhdlulgzqazefqy (npub1w78…efqy) npub1zvp5fd07gzt563f5ywxaf3627pflnnhyztf67q5xw2r853l3yt2spxzx0e (npub1zvp…zx0e) Christopher Hitchens should have taken a Renaissance literature class or two.
More wrote Utopia in Latin because all of literate Europe knew Latin. It was the *best* way to publish his book widely without having to translate it several times over.
Henry VIII was fluent in Latin, so if More wanted to hide the text of Utopia, Latin was a silly way of doing it.
More wrote Utopia in Latin because all of literate Europe knew Latin. It was the *best* way to publish his book widely without having to translate it several times over.
Henry VIII was fluent in Latin, so if More wanted to hide the text of Utopia, Latin was a silly way of doing it.