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From: hinsenk@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA (Hinsen Konrad)
Subject: Re: Great Esperanto literature (was: Re: Esperanto? The EU?)
In-Reply-To: kreed@pen.k12.va.us's message of Tue, 21 Feb 1995 03:30:04 GMT
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In article <D4Bz24.2z2G@pen.k12.va.us> kreed@pen.k12.va.us (Kenneth W. Reed) writes:

   No profound thoughts here.  Language is the product and vehicle
   of culture.  A culture is best interpreted through its own
   language.  Esperanto is a "language" without a cultural basis.
   It would seem, therefore, that great Esperanto literature is a
   contradiction in terms.

The conclusion is wrong because it is based on wrong assumptions:

1) Language is the product and vehicle of culture.

Why?

2) A culture is best interpreted through its own language.

Why?

3) Esperanto is a "language" without a cultural basis.

Wrong (unless you define "cultural basis" with the explicit
intention to make it true).

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