Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 14:47:31 -0700 From: paf-AT-netcom.com (Pete Ferreira) Subject: Re: Verhaltenheit/violence/Seinsdenken > In defense of Heidegger, the belief that there is a special connection > between Greek and German is fairly widespread in Germany. My roommate > there, certainly no Nazi nor even a particular enthusiast of things German, > quite unselfconsciously asserted the same thing (he even claimed that the > Germans pronounced Greek like the ancients did, like anyone would know). There are ways: ancient language manuals (cultured Romans were supposed to study Greek), comparitive analyses of poems, etc. Audio tapes of classical works read with what scholars today believe is the correct accent are available. For the record, ancient Greek had a pitch-accent, and sounds _nothing_ like German. The best comparison I can come up with for the sound of classical Greek is the Swedish Chef in the Muppets. Pete --- from list heidegger-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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