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ariel · 5th March 2007, 06:50 PM

If there are no independent ways to ascertain their age, we are in a circular logic vortex:
" Pre-Isalmic Arabian swords were straight as evidenced by the collection of the Sacred Swords.
The Sacred Swords are Pre-Islamic in origin because they are straight"
The only dating on these swords is the tradition that they belonged to a defined personality. If we cannot be sure that they belonged to that personality, how do we know their dating?

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5th March 2007, 06:50 PM	#9
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	If there are no independent ways to ascertain their age, we are in a circular logic vortex: " Pre-Isalmic Arabian swords were straight as evidenced by the collection of the Sacred Swords. The Sacred Swords are Pre-Islamic in origin because they are straight" The only dating on these swords is the tradition that they belonged to a defined personality. If we cannot be sure that they belonged to that personality, how do we know their dating?