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*blocks your path*
*refutes Humes Law*

>heh, nothin personnel dualist

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>Whom Do You Call Bad?— Those who always want to put to shame. What do you consider most humane? — to spare someone shame. What is the seal of attained freedom? — no longer being ashamed in front of oneself.

What is his meaning?

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Can you point out some flaws in his theory? Specifically, in ways he brought mythology and religion back.

It's all about two kinds of truth and knowledge dealing with the realm of objective things (science) and the realm of meaning and values (myth).

This is a spin off of ancient mythos vs logos story, but he did a really good job in sparking the debate again.

What are your thoughts? Are there really two kinds of truth? If there are, can we conclude all of the stuff Peterson concluded?

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I often see a .webm posted that depicts a failed Kamikaze attack in extremely high quality (shockingly so for 1940s footage).
Does anyone else know of other high quality or HD footage from before 1960?

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Why did they hate Spain so much?

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How would China be like today, had it not been for western involvement? Obviously communism wouldnt have happened, but how long do you think it would've been stuck in the middle ages?

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How did Pannonia produce such a great people as the French ? Is this the land of God ?

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Can we talk about Marcus Aurelius? I've been reading meditations. Interest from reading it has caused me to look up more about him. What I've found is that he really wasn't THAT great of an emporer. He could be called a good one sure, but to call him one of the best like so many do seems to be overreaching.

I feel like the reason he is known as such a great emporer is because of Meditations. It humanized what was one of the most powerful men to ever have lived in a way that few historical figures have. You have the most powerful man of the ancient world struggling with the idea of who he is and how to live a good life. You really just don't get that type of perspective on a lot of historical figures.

So what do you think /his/ is Marcus Aurelius really as great of an emporer as many liken him to be, or has he been romanticized by Meditations?

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What standard of living can a non-industrial society obtain by employing population control?

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Face it, japan didn't capitulate because of the atomic bombs but rather because of the soviet invasion of manchuria.
Prior to the atomic bombings, us air raids had already destroyed over 60 japanese cities with conventional bombing. It isn't really important that the americans used atomic bombs, since they could have used firebombs to the same effect.
Towards the end of the war, the japanese high command knew that they had no way of winning, but they were still confident that they could have a peace treaty with the allies that would leave their empire somewhat intact, rather than the complete capitulation that happened in real life.
They believed in this for two reasons:
1. They still held manchuria, korea and large swathes of china. They thought that they could use resources from these lands to fuel the war.
2. They thought that they could have a favourable peace treaty through the soviet union, who had considerable infulence over the united states and who did not want to see united states expand their reach in asia.

With the soviet declaration of war and the following invasion, the japanese saw that they had no way of preserving their empire, and thus capitulated.

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Post whatever you want about the Seleucid Empire.

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>Tfw you realise that full plate armour was only used for roughly 100 years before becoming almost completely obsolete with the introduction of firearms

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/his/ we never talk about Etruscans. Let's change that.
>who were Etruscans
A powerful civilization in Italy which existed from 8th to 3rd century BC. They occupied what is now modern Tuscany, along with other surrounding regions, including Rome.
>where did they come from
There are three theories about Etruscan origins. First one is that they settled in Italy from the East, particularly Anatolia. Second is that they came from the north, which would connect them to Rhaetian peoples residing in the Alps. And third one, that they were indigenous to Italy, and evolved from Villanova culture.
>what happened to them
Gaul tribes pushed them hard from the north and angry subjects from down south rebelled and warred against them. This would include Rome as well, which was probably founded as a purely Etruscan town. By the middle of 3rd century BC the Romans erased them from them map. Etruscan language was forgotten already in Roman times, and excluding a few dozen words, today is completely unknown to us. Emperor Claudius was supposed to be the last Roman who spoke and understood Etruscan.
>why are they important
Etruscan civilization influenced Rome in many ways. It is assumed that Latin language contains many Etruscan loanwords. When it comes to art, realist depictions of sculptures and statues were adopted from Etruscans. Romans also inherited symbols of central power from Etruscan political system - purple toga, fasces, and the term imperium itself all come from Etruscans. Before Romans came in touch with Greek culture, Etruscan language was the lingua franca of educated Roman elites.

Discuss.

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To me agnostic atheists are arguing semantics.
Generally to know something is to possess knowledge of something. Hypothetically, if Jesus's Father was God, you would know God. But then there is the statement that knowledge means 100% certainty, but we understand that NO knowledge of ours (besides of our own existence) is 100% certain. It is all based upon an inductive reason (see David Hume's problem of induction).
So, in the realm of inductive reasoning, it seems a true agnostic atheist would claim that the existence and non-existence of God are equiprobable propositions. And if you have a 50% belief in God, that should make you a theist.

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Why is there such a massive gap in genealogy between antiquity and the middle ages?