Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 22:32:34 +0100
To: uunet!athena-discuss%info.harpercollins.com@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Re: Egyptian Science, the Greeks, and Mathematical PROOF



Peter Daniels wrote:

> knew about mathematics. From his one venture in linguistics (that anyone
> on this List has named to me in all this time), it is apparent that Diop
> did not himself have any sort of command of anceint Egyptian (as Obenga
> evidently does). Would it not be better to consult either the Egyptian
> originals, or (since SFT can't do so himself) immediately secondary mater-
> ials describing the primary materials directly?

You disparage Diop... but I notice that you also do not use
source materials or "immediately secondary materials" 
to refute his contentions, specifically his charge of 
plagiarism against the Greeks.

Regards,

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