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De l’éloquence en vulgaire, I, VI-VII

Translated into French by Anne Grondeux, Ruedi Imbach and Irène Rosier-Catach

Written in Latin by Dante Alighieri | A specimen of Babel: Stories on the loss of the earth’s one speech and the confusion of languages

Also in: Latin, English, Italian, Arabic

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VI Puisque les affaires humaines s’accomplissent en de multiples et divers idiomes, au point qu’avec beaucoup de mots bien des hommes ne se font pas mieux comprendre que sans, il convient de nous mettre en chasse de cet idiome qui, selon ce qu’on croit, fut utilis