"I've read Greek philosophy." He feels that he doesn't really need to add 'the useful parts'. "There are times when you have to get through the philosophy to understand what they were saying about summoning demons." The almost complete lack of judgment in his tone is mostly because he's using the words as filler, of sorts, instead of as part of any argument. "They knew the importance of exact phrasing. There are some interesting papers comparing Latin, Greek and Coptic spells that were developed at the same time, especially as magicians of that time would've known all three languages." It might be part of how he's distracting himself from something he's not sure how to address, or if he should, but he does find it interesting, which comes through more than the absent-minded judgment.
"Maybe there's some use in broad categories. The words people chose to use and what those might suggest about how they think or what they'd do. But I still think that if the meaning is individual, it's too imprecise to use."
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Date: 2023-08-24 11:45 pm (UTC)"Maybe there's some use in broad categories. The words people chose to use and what those might suggest about how they think or what they'd do. But I still think that if the meaning is individual, it's too imprecise to use."