Re: Awesomesauce Esperanto problem
Reply #8 –
[…] it's something of the most importance for educat[ing] the elites.
Language knowledge shapes the ability of reasoning.
I'm not sure I agree; but I'm not sure I disagree either.
From what I've seen here and there, a "wide" experience -linguistic or otherwise- leads to…nothing a focused mind wouldn't find easier and earlier.
I'll readily admit the advantage of being familiar with other languages (French, Spanish/Portuguese, Russian, Greek, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean — and some few others, spoken mostly on islands none of us will ever visit…except for jax!); but, really, one language is enough. And most people can hardly manage that.
You go too far proclaiming that reasoning -as a skill, for such it is!- is enhanced by more and more varied words! Were that the case, you'd have to acclaim American English as the best language… ![Smiley :)](https://dndsanctuary.eu/smileys/myopera/smile.gif)
(Somehow, I doubt you'd want to do that!) And admit that those who speak, read and write it natively, reason more naturally and, perhaps, better? ![Smiley :)](https://dndsanctuary.eu/smileys/myopera/smile.gif)
(I'd argue against that point, if you take it as a thesis! But you know that's what I do…
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