04-30-2007, 12:52 AM | #11 | |
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Were Plutarch, Thucydides and Herodotus real historians? What about Josephus? What about Maqtal al-Husayn, Al Tarikh wa al-Maghazi, Beyhaqi or Ibn Khaldun? Or Livy, Tacitus or Suetonius? Do none of these non-real historians rely upon belief, myth or tradition?
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04-30-2007, 02:57 AM | #13 | |
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From the priamry defender of Brodie I find this a rather amusing comment.
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