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To: lqclamar
No. It only places the writing of Khaldun, a historian of many centuries, in the 14th century.

No. It states that Khaldun's scholarship was carried out contemporaneously with a Christian Reconquista in Iberia, which is what any normal reader of the sentence would infer. I see you've loosed yourself from the tethers of the English language. I cannot reasonably debate with such a relativist who bends not just the facts but the language itself to fit his needs. Good day.

173 posted on 01/09/2007 1:39:49 PM PST by zimdog
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To: zimdog
No. It states that Khaldun's scholarship was carried out contemporaneously with a Christian Reconquista in Iberia, which is what any normal reader of the sentence would infer.

Except that the Reconquista lasted from 718 to 1492 - a characteristic that is inherently implicit in the term. When you use the term Reconquista without any qualifiers to designate a specific event within the Reconquista, it must be assumed that you are referring to the Reconquista in its whole. If you meant only Granada then you should have said Granada. Once again you've been undone by your imprecise usage of terminology.

I cannot reasonably debate with such a relativist who bends not just the facts but the language itself to fit his needs. Good day.

If that is the case one is left to wonder how you approach the mirror every morning. Then again, it is a common characteristic of liars to engage in projection. They tend to go hand in hand. I've already established numerous instances of you lying, so your indulgence with its psychological fellow travellers was to be expected.

176 posted on 01/09/2007 1:51:52 PM PST by lqclamar
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