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>Compare it to Plato or other philisophers who lived 2000+ years ago and whose works are much more profound, interesting, important and better written
yeah cant argue with that, latin & greek have a more archaic vocabulary.
again anon, more convoluted formulations have a pleasant flow to them, also the quotes you rprovided are translations whereas in their original languages they have a whole different coloration, same with the nitzsche quote from the op, it rolls off the tongue pleasantly when read in its original german version. perhaps you should expose yourself to literature written in your mother tongue, you will find that flowery, decorated language actually has its value. one can submerge oneself in the ocean of figures of speech & elaborate, playful linguistic maneuvres.