> This is thinking within the box, with all due respect. This is western
> mans perspective isn't it? That monasteries evolved out of a material
> benefit, rather than spiritual benefit.
> To think that a culture ( India) that all of Europe and the rest of the
> world was seeking desperately to do trade with, from antiquity up to the
> time of Columbus, Had zero effect on middle east culture and Europe?
> Michael Thames
>With CLOVES being the object of the trade, what do >you imagine?
>RT
Roman, I'm beginning to get the impression that you are a total western
materialist. God save us!
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
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From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Alain Veylit"
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Subject: Re: LUTE-etymology
> > This is thinking within the box, with all due respect. This is western
> > mans perspective isn't it? That monasteries evolved out of a material
> > benefit, rather than spiritual benefit.
> > To think that a culture ( India) that all of Europe and the rest of the
> > world was seeking desperately to do trade with, from antiquity up to the
> > time of Columbus, Had zero effect on middle east culture and Europe?
> > Michael Thames
> With CLOVES being the object of the trade, what do you imagine?
> RT
>
> --
> http://polyhymnion.org/torban
>
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