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Please explain to me the meaning of the following sentence:

I hope such readers will be persuaded that the profundity and value of these ideas more than repay the intellectual struggle they require [...].

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I hope such readers will be persuaded 
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 the profundity and value of these ideas more than repay
 the intellectual struggle they require 

I hope such readers will reach the opinion that the deep significance and value of these ideas will reward the arduous mental effort they demand (of the reader).

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  I don't see how formatting the sentence like that explains it's meaning, please clarify.
  
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  Since you didn't say what was giving you trouble, I broke it up into meaningful chunks in case you were thinking that an intellectual was being repaid, or some other misparsing. Did you read the sentence below?
  
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  I see, maybe it would be clearer if broke the second sentence up in a similar fashion? I hadn't realised you interchanged some of the words to make it easier to understand. ;)
  
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Here's how I'd rewrite that sentence into simpler sentences:

I hope you've been persuaded that these ideas are worth learning. They require a good amount of intellectual struggle (i.e., you might have to think a lot to understand them). However, they are profound and valuable enough to outweigh that intellectual struggle.

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No offense intended, but that so-called English sentence is unintelligible. I have no idea what it means. Profundity means profound I suppose (but no one says „profundity“ outside some University I suppose and then only in writing, never in speaking) and matching it with the „value of an idea“ is bizarre soundings, and very unnatural and confusing. What does it mean? And „repay the intellectual struggle they require“ means what?? That doesn`t make any sense.

If this quote came out of some book somewhere, it´s highly technical or philosophical language no one would ever say and rarely, if ever, see written and 99% of English speaker would have no idea what it means. Translate it first to real English and then maybe it can be explained.

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  Profundity: great depth of insight or knowledge; great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion; a statement or idea that shows great knowledge or insight. Profundity is a noun, while profound is an adjective or a literary noun.
  
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I hope such readers will be persuaded 
 that 
 the profundity and value of these ideas more than repay
 the intellectual struggle they require 

I hope such readers will reach the opinion that the deep significance and value of these ideas will reward the arduous mental effort they demand (of the reader).

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  I don't see how formatting the sentence like that explains it's meaning, please clarify.
  
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  Since you didn't say what was giving you trouble, I broke it up into meaningful chunks in case you were thinking that an intellectual was being repaid, or some other misparsing. Did you read the sentence below?
  
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  I see, maybe it would be clearer if broke the second sentence up in a similar fashion? I hadn't realised you interchanged some of the words to make it easier to understand. ;)
  
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I hope such readers will be persuaded 
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 the intellectual struggle they require 

I hope such readers will reach the opinion that the deep significance and value of these ideas will reward the arduous mental effort they demand (of the reader).

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  I don't see how formatting the sentence like that explains it's meaning, please clarify.
  
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  Since you didn't say what was giving you trouble, I broke it up into meaningful chunks in case you were thinking that an intellectual was being repaid, or some other misparsing. Did you read the sentence below?
  
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  I see, maybe it would be clearer if broke the second sentence up in a similar fashion? I hadn't realised you interchanged some of the words to make it easier to understand. ;)
  
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I hope such readers will be persuaded 
 that 
 the profundity and value of these ideas more than repay
 the intellectual struggle they require 

I hope such readers will reach the opinion that the deep significance and value of these ideas will reward the arduous mental effort they demand (of the reader).

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I hope such readers will be persuaded 
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Here's how I'd rewrite that sentence into simpler sentences:

I hope you've been persuaded that these ideas are worth learning. They require a good amount of intellectual struggle (i.e., you might have to think a lot to understand them). However, they are profound and valuable enough to outweigh that intellectual struggle.

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Here's how I'd rewrite that sentence into simpler sentences:

I hope you've been persuaded that these ideas are worth learning. They require a good amount of intellectual struggle (i.e., you might have to think a lot to understand them). However, they are profound and valuable enough to outweigh that intellectual struggle.

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Here's how I'd rewrite that sentence into simpler sentences:

I hope you've been persuaded that these ideas are worth learning. They require a good amount of intellectual struggle (i.e., you might have to think a lot to understand them). However, they are profound and valuable enough to outweigh that intellectual struggle.

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No offense intended, but that so-called English sentence is unintelligible. I have no idea what it means. Profundity means profound I suppose (but no one says „profundity“ outside some University I suppose and then only in writing, never in speaking) and matching it with the „value of an idea“ is bizarre soundings, and very unnatural and confusing. What does it mean? And „repay the intellectual struggle they require“ means what?? That doesn`t make any sense.

If this quote came out of some book somewhere, it´s highly technical or philosophical language no one would ever say and rarely, if ever, see written and 99% of English speaker would have no idea what it means. Translate it first to real English and then maybe it can be explained.

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  Profundity: great depth of insight or knowledge; great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion; a statement or idea that shows great knowledge or insight. Profundity is a noun, while profound is an adjective or a literary noun.
  
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  Please stop writing non-answers that make patently false claims about how people use the English language. The sentence is perfectly understandable and does not contain any words that an average native English should struggle with. It’s neither technical nor philosophical; it just happens to make use of non-colloquial vocabulary, which is often a mark of good writing.
  
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  This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review
  
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No offense intended, but that so-called English sentence is unintelligible. I have no idea what it means. Profundity means profound I suppose (but no one says „profundity“ outside some University I suppose and then only in writing, never in speaking) and matching it with the „value of an idea“ is bizarre soundings, and very unnatural and confusing. What does it mean? And „repay the intellectual struggle they require“ means what?? That doesn`t make any sense.

If this quote came out of some book somewhere, it´s highly technical or philosophical language no one would ever say and rarely, if ever, see written and 99% of English speaker would have no idea what it means. Translate it first to real English and then maybe it can be explained.

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  Profundity: great depth of insight or knowledge; great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion; a statement or idea that shows great knowledge or insight. Profundity is a noun, while profound is an adjective or a literary noun.
  
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  Please stop writing non-answers that make patently false claims about how people use the English language. The sentence is perfectly understandable and does not contain any words that an average native English should struggle with. It’s neither technical nor philosophical; it just happens to make use of non-colloquial vocabulary, which is often a mark of good writing.
  
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  This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review
  
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No offense intended, but that so-called English sentence is unintelligible. I have no idea what it means. Profundity means profound I suppose (but no one says „profundity“ outside some University I suppose and then only in writing, never in speaking) and matching it with the „value of an idea“ is bizarre soundings, and very unnatural and confusing. What does it mean? And „repay the intellectual struggle they require“ means what?? That doesn`t make any sense.

If this quote came out of some book somewhere, it´s highly technical or philosophical language no one would ever say and rarely, if ever, see written and 99% of English speaker would have no idea what it means. Translate it first to real English and then maybe it can be explained.

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