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Day: March 10, 2017

eudaimonistic

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Posted in categories: English, Linguistics

Michael Masiello’s answer to Which would be better for humanity in the long run, everyone being a Catholic Christian or everyone being an atheist? I would argue that what would be better for humanity in the long run has something to do with the cultivation of eudaimonistic virtues — ethical and civic values that aim […]

Which languages have changed the most drastically in the last 1000 years?

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Posted in categories: Linguistics, Other Languages

When Bergsland and Vogt (1962) debunked the assumption in Glottochronology that core vocabulary is lost at a constant rate among languages [Bergsland, Knut; & Vogt, Hans. (1962). On the validity of glottochronology. Current Anthropology, 3, 115–153], the lexically conservative language they brought up was Icelandic. The lexically innovative language they brought up was Inuit, which […]

On the YouTube channel “Χριστιανισμός”, which Modern Greek Bible version do they read from? Gallipoli? Seraphim?

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Posted in categories: Literature, Modern Greek

OP, you know about the first translation of the New Testament into Modern Greek by Maximus of Gallipoli, in 1638! That is awesome! And it would be awesome if that was the version that the channel used in the video: But no. The text is Neophytos Vamvas’ translation, and you can read along here: N. […]