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Why were early Medieval painters so shit?
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They weren't interested in realism. They just wanted to have fun drawing snails, killer rabbits and the like.
What is there not to like?
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>>2637039
Dedicated craftsmen virtually vanished as a profession with the fall of the Roman Empire in the West.
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>>2637039
Depend where. The East was generally more aesthetically pleasing than the west.
12th Century fresco here.
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I think removing the warrior class was a mistake. 2017-04-09 07:47:24 Post No.2636835
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In regards to democratic republics, the Athenians knew that if people voted for politicians, that would create a situation where rich people would dominate the political system, and that is exactly why the Founding fathers did just that ("Natural aristocracy", and all that).
But of coarse, things didn't turn out the way the founding fathers wanted, because the way things got set up created an eternal fight between wealthy interests VS populists rabble rouses, and that was the biggest flaw with American style democracy.
There is too much greed, there needs to be a class of people who can own property without fear of loosing it because of taxes, people expected to serve out of duty instead of money, and these people need to have a say in the government. I propose an amendment to the US constitution, to create a knightly/samurai/equite/aristocrat type class that controls one of the two houses of congress, the senate.
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STUDY PHYSIOGNOMY
THE WARRIOR CLASS NEVER LEFT
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>>2636835
>the way things got set up created an eternal fight between wealthy interests VS populists rabble rouses
That's exactly what they wanted
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>I propose an amendment to the US constitution, to create a knightly/samurai/equite/aristocrat type class that controls one of the two houses of congress, the senate.
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North Africa - Greeks were all blacks? 2017-04-09 07:40:31 Post No.2636792
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North Africa - Greeks were all blacks?
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What do you think, there's a debate in a group about this:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/history-how-african-muslims-civilized-spain/5583981
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Not even black people wanted to be Greeks.
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>>2636792
globalreseasearch.ca is a proxy from russia to shill anti-globalism and NATO.
You should be ashamed to read that shit.
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>>2638258
This. The website may be in the domain of Canada (thus .ca) but it's a proxy from Russia for all the anti-globalism and Anti-NATO (don't know where you're getting the pro-NATO part) lovers. Fucking shills paid to make left leaning people look like alt-left fucknuts that are, well, fucknuts.
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what factors led the USA from laughable state of isolationism to superpower
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It was already a worldwide superpower when it was in isolation. Politics just kept it back from fully flexing it's muscles. No nation could invade the United States. And from 1900 on I would even reason to say that in a long term war the United States could even beat England in a 1 on 1 war
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Why do you consider isolationism laughable?
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>>2636689
some world wars that didn't affected them to much
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where did sculptors get their motivation?
I have never been to this board before but saw this picture and it must have taken an immense amount of dedication to carve something like this out of marble, they would have had a lot of time back then but what was their core motivation and determination that we seem to lack today or was it skills built over a long time, past on, which are now lost?
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>>2636604
>where did sculptors get their motivation?
someone payed them to make a sculpture
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>>2636636
Surely the quality and incredible detail of their work shows more than just money as a motivating factor? how did they even acquire these skills, it must have taken generation and generations?
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>>2636675
You hit rock with rock, it takes some finesse but it isn't rocket surgery. Painting in perspective is more difficult.
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This is still the most impressive work of history 2017-04-09 06:19:11 Post No.2636450
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This is still the most impressive work of history
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that has ever been written
despite its inaccuracies today
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amazing writing skills gibbon had
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It's a good work of literature but as a work of history it's totally worthless
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Nah. Only in an anglo-centric world.
>The History of Rome (German: Römische Geschichte) is a multi-volume history of ancient Rome written by Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903). Originally published by Reimer & Hirsel, Leipzig, as three volumes during 1854–1856, the work dealt with the Roman Republic.
> The work was specifically cited when Mommsen was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
It is basically the only non-fictional work that ever received a Nobel Prize in literature.
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Classical music thread.
>if he was so smart how come he's dead
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>>2636438
>not only literally dead but also not relevant anymore, only me and other 9 people in the world listen to classic lulsic instead of justin bieber and hip hop
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>classical music clearly didn't work because they all died
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>has a goofy ass haircut
>dies
>wow he was really smart
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Sorry if this is not the proper place where to ask. I have been watching a film (Dragon Blade) and there's a scene where the "Romans" start singing this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxqJF_7RCkE
Do this have a historical base, or it is just a nice song for a commercial film?
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What the actual fuck am I watching here.
This is an affront to history.
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>>2636887
But it's fun, and they have Jackie Changs!
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>>2636374
>that made up roman flag
>has the eagle from that shitty nazi puppet state on it
>awkwadly placed, doesnt even resemble the actual roman standard
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Is the Trivium a meme? 2017-04-09 05:36:57 Post No.2636311
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>General Grammar, Aristotelian Logic, and Classical Rhetoric comprise the first three rules-based subjects of the 7 Liberal Arts and Sciences. As these disciplines are learned and practiced together, they form the overarching, symbiotic system for establishing clarity and consistency of personal thought called the Trivium.
Is there some merit to the Trivium? Why has it grown out of use?
Are there other systems for strengthening understanding and communication? Why would learning grammar, logic, and rhetoric be enough to establish a foundation for further education?
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>Why would learning grammar, logic, and rhetoric be enough to establish a foundation for further education?
They are the basic tools you need to make use of later education. A modern curriculum would surely add math to the "trivium", tho.
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Is that's all that's required? What about history, arts, literature, and writing, too?
Why does the Trivium commit to one hierarchy or another, and how can we do better in the modern age? I like the idea of grammar, logic, and rhetoric being foundational for clear, rigorous thinking, but I don't know if they're fundamental tools common to all fields instead of just unorthodox but useful subjects.
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>>2636473
I would have a hierarchy of
>Core:
Mathematics
Grammar
Logic
Rhetoric
>Semi-Core:
Literature
History
Philosophy
Writing
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Who else can't wait for pyscadellics to be proven the driving force behind our evolution?
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keep going with this
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what
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>>2636288
Nice little introduction
https://www.google.fr/amp/bigthink.com/paul-ratner/is-there-evidence-that-magic-mushrooms-played-a-role-in-human-evolution.amp
What aspects of modern America would the founders most object to? Let's exclude the obvious societal norms.
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Two-party system would be my speculation.
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>>2636270
Affirmative action making whites 3rd class citizens (below blacks and hispanics).
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The country being filled with Jews, Mexicans and Asians.
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*blocks your path*
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*Waits till winter
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>Hey faggot, where ya going?
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Who the fuck wears socks that high?
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Childhood is idolizing ancient Greece
Adulthood is realizing the ancient Near East is more interesting
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Wisdom is realising the two are inextricably linked, from language to culture.
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>>2636083
All the ancient Mesopotamian empires are patrician
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Greece is near east
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The Wikipedia of Vichy France has calais part of Belgium. I haven't heard anything about this before, is it a mistake?
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>>2636027
It was under the German administration of Brussels, for whatever reason.
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>>2636065
Huh. Weird.
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>>2636065
Industrial region with mine etc..
Hitler wanted to make france a rural state focused on agriculture with a few luxury industry around paris.
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Explain supply and demand to me. I understand it at face value intuitively but then again I kind of don't. Why does an increase in supply necessarily lead to a decrease in prices? If I have a secret warehouse stockpile of toilet paper no one knows about why can't I just set the price at $100? Of course I can drop the price to sell more of it but that's different, isn't it?
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>>2636023
Because if you have more supply than demand you have products sitting around in storage gathering dust and rotting, so you lower the price to increase demand.
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>>2636052
Toilet paper rots? Tell me more.
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>>2636063
Unsold products are a waste of the resources you spent to make/obtain/store them, you fucking tard. Even if it could theoretically last forever you don't WANT it to sit in storage forever. Storage space also costs MONEY.