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From https://eidolon.pub

Tom Hendrickson writes, "My Latin 1 syllabi used to include some version of the following:

Latin was the language of Caesar and Vergil, but it was also the language of literature, theology, government, science, and scholarship for most of European history.

It never struck me as strange that while students would certainly be reading Caesar and Vergil (at least if they continued on in Latin), they would almost surely never encounter the material from “most of European history.” Yet some of the most significant writings in European history, especially during the Renaissance and Early Modern era, are in Latin. Petrarch wrote in Latin, as did Erasmus, Thomas More, Martin Luther, Copernicus, Spinoza, and Milton."

Read his full article about Neo-Latin, why it's not commonly taught, and why it perhaps should be, at https://eidolon.pub/why-so-few-of-us-teach-neo-latin-3f85eb1984b6