True, but...

Posted by Briede from host-216-79-215-203.sld.bellsouth.net (216.79.215.203) on Saturday, September 22, 2001 at 12:41pm :

In Reply to: The same thing was said of Troy posted by Michaelson from eeespace106.utsi.edu (150.182.24.106) on Saturday, September 22, 2001 at 12:13pm :

Troy was told by a storyteller, not a philosopher. Who knows, perhaps the Atlantis story that was supposibly told by the Egyptian woman was just another of the oft-told flood stories such as Gilgamesh or Noah. Then, that would mean that Atlantis would be in the Near East, if the theory about the event that was the catylast for those stories is true. I just doubt Plato's relaibility as a historian. Perhaps is Herodotus or Thucydides said anything about it, it would be a different story.
Briede

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A seeker of truth(philosopher) vs. a storyteller? :)(nm) - Fedora 1:16pm 09/22/2001

Re: A seeker of truth (philosopher)? - Hacim 4:14pm 09/22/2001

I agree, "Truth" is a loaded concept.(nm) - Fedora 8:43pm 09/23/2001

Re: I agree, "Truth" is a loaded concept.(nm) - Hacim 10:37pm 09/24/2001

You must have misunderstood.... - Fedora 11:31pm 09/24/2001

Excellent points! - Michaelson 1:03pm 09/22/2001

So, bottom line, you're saying.... - Michaelson 1:04pm 09/22/2001

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