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Why was ancient Greek considered better than Latin for for discussing philosophy and other intellectual topics in the ancient world? Did Greek have better vocabulary for discussing these themes, or were upper class Romans just being snooty about their language use?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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