Re: From here to eternity [was: *y-n,W- "subordinate"?]

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61803
Date: 2008-11-22

----- Original Message -----
From: "m_iacomi" <m_iacomi@...>

>
> You got it all wrong. You stated: "They lived very short lifes".
> This is valid statement _only_ from our point of view.
> Their own point of view was different since they weren't aware that
> (some thousands of years after) human life expectancy would have
> reached much higher values. So, from their point of view, the average
> lifespan was not "short" but just normal.
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What about "vita brevis" ?

A.

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>
> Well, the explanations running slightly OT are still here, it's up
> to you to decide if you accept them or not.
>
> A bon entendeur,
>
> Marius Iacomi
>
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I'm afraid, I won't.
but thank you for your long and polite explanations.
I read them to the end even though I disagree.

A.