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Why do people believe that Beowulf is fiction?
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RE: Why do people believe that Beowulf is fiction?
(June 5, 2018 at 12:25 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:
(June 5, 2018 at 12:03 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I was attempting to get them to refine their argument and to make a point about understanding and what one person means by a wor another may not.    If you look at my conversation with Matilda , I wasn’t trying to hide anything or to pull a fast one.

I see what you mean. Some parts of mythology can be truths to others....and it depends on your research.

I don’t know about that, the point is that words can mean different things, and what matters is what the author intended.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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RE: Why do people believe that Beowulf is fiction? - by RoadRunner79 - June 5, 2018 at 1:09 pm

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