''Concinnavi opusculum lingua latina; quia antea quam utilitas et bonitas rei probata sit, rem tam lubricam in vulgus dispergere nimis periculoscum duco, ideoque in usum eruditorum scribere malo.''
If you can do German, that would be perfect but English is perfectly fine, as well as French or Spanish or Italian.
Thank you so much.Latin to English/German Translation?
In English (my German is a little rusty):
I produced (this) little work in Latin; because before the usefulness and excellence of the subject might be examined, I feel that to publish such a delicate subject in the common language is too dangerous, and so I prefer to write in the habit of the educated.
The gist is that he was so afraid that publishing a work on sexual disorders would create an such an uproar among the general public and drown out any merit the study may have, he wrote it in Latin for a more scholarly audience.
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