[gothic-l] Re: The Gothic Migration Epic

[xigung]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "xigung" <keth at o...> wrote:
>
> > I think Germany certainly existed at the time.
> > In fact, I think it was slightly bigger than it
> > is now, since the waves have since removed parts
> > of its coast line up in the North.
>

> No, Germany did not exist in any form 2000 years ago. The best we
can
> refer to is the territory of modern Germany.
>
>

Then you don't distinguish between the name of a thing
and the thing itself. Say you find a stray dog and name
it Daisy, but you don't know it used to be called Dolly.
Then the dog certainly existed before you found it.
When we say "Daysy is 8 years old", we mean the dog
and not the name.

Cheers
Keth




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