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A Translation Is Civilization Repair
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The goal is not to make ancient texts sound modern. The goal is to make their architecture visible again.
A complete translation produces
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- Source — Greek or mathematical original
- Literal rendering
- Plain rendering
- Doctrine
- Page · Visual rule · Practice
- Sermon use · Course use · Diagnostic use
Beginning with
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- · Phaedrus — because the Temple's own method comes from it
- · Republic Books IV and VI–VII — soul and ladder
- · Euclid I.1–I.5 — the first constructions
- · Philebus 23c–27e — limit, unlimited, mixture, cause
Needed
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- · Greek readers · Latin readers · Mathematicians
- · Editors · Designers · Teachers
- · Software builders · Audio readers
- · Children's curriculum writers
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Which text would you read carefully enough to give an account of, and to translate?
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