Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Gravity/ reply to Pam Pincha Message-ID: <730@psivax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 15:57:43 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.730 Posted: Mon Sep 16 15:57:43 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 05:25:22 EDT References: <389@imsvax.UUCP> <180@gargoyle.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 21 In article <180@gargoyle.UUCP> carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes) writes: > >In a supplementary section to *Earth in Upheaval*, Velikovsky, >discussing Greek history, explains why it is "actually very simple." >He says that there were no Greek Dark Ages (between Mycenaean and >Archaic Greece) because "a literate people cannot forfeit completely >a well-developed literacy..." Silly historians, to have overlooked >such an elementary point. Anyway, since I am studying ancient Greek >history, I am looking forward to Ted's explanation of why I need to >revise radically my ideas about this historical period. > Hmm, well V's concept here seems quite doubtfull to me too, since in fact our own society seems to be heading in exactly that direction! Of course the loss of literacy would destroy society as we know it, but that is what makes a Dark Ages. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen ARPA: ttidca!psivax!friesen@rand-unix.arpa Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com