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		fmajid on June 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Privacy Policies Are an Incomprehensible Disaster I read the Silmarillion when I was 11. It's hardly challenging reading like dense and opaque German philosophy texts tend to be (I am looking at you, Wittgenstein).

danaris on June 12, 2019 [–]

Agreed. The Silmarillion's language isn't simple, but it is lyrical, and is intended to evoke great epics in its style.

I think the most uncharitable thing you can say about it is that it reads somewhat like the King James Bible.

fmajid on June 14, 2019 | [–]

Right, and unlike those philosophy texts, there is actually a payoff for the reader.

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