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For my 7,000 word response to this, pushing back, but quoting Petkas’s fine prose at length to better illustrate the issue, see here: https://pomocon.substack.com/p/great-lives-and-languages-vs-great
Oh, I now see this is a follow-up piece--and refers to others' reactions. I'll give it a look...
Well, I don't see anyone else here giving you as thorough a response. And don't fool yourself, you should write that longer essay or little book you refer to, whatever the danger of it being boring to some.
For my 7,000 word response to this, pushing back, but quoting Petkas’s fine prose at length to better illustrate the issue, see here: https://pomocon.substack.com/p/great-lives-and-languages-vs-great
Oh, I now see this is a follow-up piece--and refers to others' reactions. I'll give it a look...
Well, I don't see anyone else here giving you as thorough a response. And don't fool yourself, you should write that longer essay or little book you refer to, whatever the danger of it being boring to some.