[lit-ideas] Re: Hobbes's Proof

  • From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 20:53:57 EDT


In a message dated 4/5/2011 8:18:29 A.M,  donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I guess it depends on whether Moses went  beyond describing predictable 
facts about his death to offering specific  details, like the exact time of his 
passing, that he could not have written up  later.  

I fail to see how that can prove anything.

Surely it could have been coincidental. 
 
In other words, "he could not have written" does not seem to depict a  
logical contradiction.
 
 
----- We are considering Hobbes having proved that Moses did not write the  
Thora because the Thora describes in detail the death of Moses.
 
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JLSperanza
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