Did we kill Socrates?
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You mean Caesar?
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>>1924775
Democracy killed socrates
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Rome killed socrates like it does to anyother barbarian civilization and then it educates it
The notion that archers had to be trained for a long time is pure bullshit why modern archery clubs can turn a complete noob into a competent archer within days but in the middle ages it supposedly took years?
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>>1924637
I always assumed it was because it's easier to draw a modern bow as opposed to older bows but i could be talking out my ass i have no clue.
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Maybe it's harder to shoot moving targets that are trying to kill you?
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because modern sporting bow's drawing weight is 30-40 pounds instead of 140.
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Would it be child abuse to name my son Vercingetorix?
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>>1924569
even if you have a fitting surname it's retarded, if you don't just DONT
>Vercingetorix Smith
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Yes, it's also a proof you have autism.
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no more abusive than naming him daykwan or latravious desu
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Was ancient Europe that different from the Middle East?
I feel like Europe is only different today because of industrialization and breakaway from traditional values
European women even covered their hair in modesty.
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>>1924248
'europe' is a lot of different people
women all over the world used to cover their heads 'in modesty' or bind it in a certain way, or even shave it or cut it uniformly in many tribal cultures
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>>1924282
Not in the east though
Our women used to be topless
Southeast Asians only started wearing shirts 100 years ago
South Asians probably started when the Muslims invaded
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What time period are you really talking about, OP? You can't just mash together everything from the Mesolithic to the 18th century as "traditional values."
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When is violence justified, /his/?
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>>1923980
When it's not directed towards me.
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When they deserve it.
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When violence is used on you
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What's the history of cathedral layouts? I once heard that it was based on the old Roman basilica, a public building but I'm not sure.
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>>1923975
>I once heard that it was based on the old Roman basilica
Pretty much, they grew out of stuff like pic related (from 432 AD), with the cruciform plan emerging early on. The kind of Western Cathedral you posted is what emerged in the Carolingian and post-Carolingian periods, with features like Westworks and eastern ambulatories.
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>>1924013
Here's a Roman basilica from around 310, built as part of a palace complex, showing what they looked like just before Rome's conversion. The style was adopted shortly after.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica#Christian_adoption_of_the_basilica_form
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I was told they are built to look like a cross. No source though.
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What did he hate more, banks or Indians?
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the principles of the founding fathers
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>>1923792
Indians using banks.
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>>1923831
What about banks with Indians?
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What went Wrong?
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>>1923673
How does India even get that high of GDP? A third of their country is poor and they they export nothing of value expect tech support.
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British and their puppets like Nehru suppressed Hindu nationalism.
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>>1923765
rise in middle class
its not much but its something
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I lost my faith in the Catholic Church. What should I do? Should I convert to Protestantism?
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>>1923563
Ja.
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>>1923563
No...
I wouldn't recommend joining another religion right now.
I recommend you read Rene Guenon.
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What made you lose faith?
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In classical Greek debates, what was the rhetorical equivalent of posting smug anime girls?
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>>1923506
bringning up dionysus
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>>1923506
being a cynic
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>>1923506
Socratic eironeia
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So what's your conclusion to the Enlightenment Movement?
Seems like intellectual class has ultimately betrayed the ideals of the enlightenment by exploiting their position and now bends the truth in an attempt to mantain power, or rather keeping the underclass stupid.
Or did the Enlightenment Movement fail completely, even in terms of the ruling elite? I mean in the sense that they start to believe their own bullshit.
Also what do you think about the Dark Enlightenment?
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>Also what do you think about the Dark Enlightenment?
I'd laugh but it doesn't translate well into text.
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>>1923080
>Or did the Enlightenment Movement fail completely, even in terms of the ruling elite?
I think this is the case.
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>get really fucking obsessive over political coverage
>reading pol, a few subreddits, left and right wing news sites, and watching YouTube
>mentally zoom out and see the triviality of it all
>see the banality of the constant PR "condemning" communication style and the arguments over issues I couldn't care less about like wars in Fuckheadistan and abortions and zero sum nonsense issues
>see the triviality of most of history where even Napoleon and Alexander the great only cared about border disputes that became irrelevant immediately
>realise that ubiquitous solar energy and world peace and the end of world hunger would leave humans fucking bored and I never cared about the previous problems anyway or was affected by them
What is the point of it all? I'm asking this question in two parts. Firstly I want to take a big disrespectful dump over all of history before 1945 and ask you to explain the worth of silly border or religious disputes or even the worth of the Roman empire. Secondly, why pay attention to silly zero sum political melodrama squabbles today?
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>>1923050
>not having fun by arguing with others
m8... you shouldn't be involved in politics, it will only make you bitter and angry.
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>implying that the nazi's cause was trivial
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>realise that ubiquitous solar energy and world peace and the end of world hunger
not happening
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>Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
>The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
>I know of no reason
>Why the Gunpowder Treason
>Should ever be forgot.
So /his/, what are you doing to commemorate the failed attempt of a bunch of Catholic extremists to blow up Parliament in protest of a Presbyterian/Protestant king taking the throne?
Inb4 bonfire and fireworks like everyone else.
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Blow up the Parliament
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>>1922882
>blowing up parliament over "what flavor of Christianity is better" autism
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armed struggle
then bonfire and fireworks like everyone else
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Was Cain really the first vampire?
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Cain be swole as fuck
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>>1922706
no wonder he hoarded meat, while Abel was a berrypicker
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>>1922728
Vegans btfo since day 1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore
How could anyone take Britain seriously after such an embarassing defeat?
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>>1922577
That's a pretty nice room you got there OP.
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>>1922577
The Battle of Britain defended Britain itself, the heart of the empire and the last real threat to the Axis Powers at the time (until the Soviets and Americans came in). If the Battle of Britain was lost, WW2 was lost.
Singapore is Singapore. Yes the defeat was embarrassing and unfortunate for the British, but it wasn't crushing. Plus they still ended up winning the war in the region AND retaking Singapore right at the end.
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>>1922577
They wound up winning did they?