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Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus, otherwise known as Caracalla. He didn't have an irrational fear for the common people of the Empire; in fact, he is most widely known for passing a law that granted Roman citizenship to all free-men within the Empire's borders. Ironically, he was famous for being a soldier-emperor or an emperor who focused on spending time and securing the loyalty of Rome's legions. I say this, because prior to his reforms, one of the only ways a free-man could gain Roman citizenship was to enter the legion. Otherwise, he was renowned for his cruelty, murdering his brother to secure the throne, and being unpopular among the Senate.
"Disdain for Plebs" is just a character-trait from Rome II Total War. Caracalla is unique in his portrayal as a soldier-emperor as his likeness is displayed in a much different manner from other emperors. His facial expression is menacing. Compare this to the stoic look on the bust of Marcus Aurelius, the youthful excellence of Augustus, or the cheerful light-heartedness of Nero, and you can see why this bust of Caracalla may be the only portrayal of an emperor to have a look of disdain.

>>1567348

Wow thank you very much!

>>1567348
He did grant citizenship to the people of the Roman Empire, but it was largely for tax revenue.

>>1567272
There's several problems to start

Zheng He's expedition wasn't really about exploring (he was travelling routes that Chinese merchants had already been taking), but about going to all these distant lands and showing off how rich and awesome China was so that they could say everyone in the world recognizes the Emperor's authority.

Ming China will also have problems financing further trips and financing these new colonies. The were having to spend more and more money on internal matters, and eventually another northern tribe like the Manchu or Jurchen are going to arrive to fuck shit up.

The final problem is, why bother? China was the shit and no other region compared, and anything you don't have at home traders are willing to travel half-way around the world just to bring it to you instead of having to go out and get it yourself.

>>1567529
This. They didn't even bother properly colonizing Taiwan and other Islands before the Qing dynasty or so, what the fuck would they be doing in East Africa when they have the Philippines and Southeast Asia next door?

>>1567546
too busy seperating the MONGOL DICK from their mouths & every other orrifice to worry about spit in the sea & piss in the wind

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>>1566785

Only addresses the naval side of things, but it's extremely good at that and how the development of "the fleet" as a national institution, something synonymous with the pride of the country, got going.

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>>1566785
No need for books
All you have to know is gathered on that pic

Europe's last summer
the war that ended peace.
Gus of August is the classic book.

Sorry for not having authors, I am phone posting. These are the two I read dealing with that topic.

(2/2)
And it has some important conclusions for the present years' situation:
- Liberation is important only besides "best for all", therefore there has to be a dynamic limit to it: "increasingly voluntary liberations sum equality" (Binding engagement subtracts from liberation.)
- Liberation, that is ignorant of other agents, risks their antiliberation, pressing them to liberate themselves as well. This possible mutually ignorant subgroup liberation can spiral down. The way out, even for past events, seems to be "increasingly voluntary antiliberation compensation".
The first point would ease inequality tensions and the second would slow downward spirals in politics, economics... from small to big scale.

-If you mind, take these last points to a news page of your flavour and test them.
-Please be careful implementing, I am too poor to compensate damage done.
-I cherish anonymity here, as I seem productive that way and I guess, that with a public position that would change, to long term detriment.
-I learned to prefer gradual evolution over disruptive revolution. This system should help with that.
-The MOST URGENT consequence seems to be, that people keep calm and go on in their doings, now seemingly assured of improvement, to avoid systemic seizure.

Thanks for all good
All good to all

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>>1566525
>errr'dayyy

>>1566545
Thanks for replying.

>>1566105
By the 900s AD it was more of a >Holy >Roman >Empire. Especially when the Turkics came in and created shitloads of semi-independent states paying lip service to the Abbasid Caliphate.

And then there's the real breakaways like the Fatimids.

Or to be more tame: you could talk of a Commonwealth of Islam.

In reality

That's a map of

>Egypt, Syria, and the Holy Cities
>Iraq
>The Maghreb
>Persian influenced areas

>>1566105
They mirror the Carolingians. They both started off strong and unified about 750 but disintegrated in the mid-9th century and, despite later reemergences, never recovered their former power.

After 945 they were ruled by the Shia Buyids and then Sunni Turks before regaining independence between 1157 and the Mongols conquest in 1258. Up until the Mongols they still maintained their religious and cultural importance regardless of political matters.

>>1564864
He's not wrong

Read the book "the culture of critique" and "the biological jew" to really understand the situation

Jews being called parasites is not a meme, it's true, they have a completely different mindset than the host population. Which is why they push for liberal ideologies, a weak host will have less chance of expelling or getting rid of them, as it happened a bunch of times throughout history

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>>1564864

>continues to blame Jews
>Le Jewish boogeymen
>WE'RE FACING OPRESSION OBLOBOBLO.

Unless we're talking about this quote in particular, then no.

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>>1564881

I got this from another anon:

"whatever book you end up choosing, do the fucking exercises. try to find a book with answers (library genesis is your best friend here)

there are many entry level textbooks. i would recommend goldfarb's 'deductive logic.' it's beautifully and conversationally written, with no stupid bullshit. just the basic logic and some exercises. it's not all cluttered up like a standard textbook.

that is a solid foundation in first order logic with identity, multiple quantifiers, and decriptions. it'll get you the bedrock for everything else.

but, there are many logic textbooks online. download a bunch from lib gen and see which one fits your educational needs. which ones are written in ways you understand, which ones presume the right level of rigor, etc.

after that, i recommend ted sider's logic for philosophy. it's the next step. you learn meta logic (completeness and soundness proofs), as well as gain familiarity with set theoretic notation, and more generally, mathematical sophistication. it's harder, but worth it. again, do the exercises.

then, go nuts. van benthem's 'modal logic for open minds' is a great succinct intro to modal logic. if you want modal logic done more rigorously, fuck the standard opinions and read blackburn de rijke et al. it'll also serve as good practice with discrete structures more generally, which is useful for various things in philosophy.

michael sipser's book is an excellent introduction to automata and computability.

if you want a challenge, try peter smith's textbook on godel's theorems. but that's after the first two books i recommended, at least.

all these books are on library genesis. good luck and have fun!"

>>1564744
Thanks a lot! I'm basically just looking for logic for everyday thinking and decision making, critical thinking, etc. Does this involve a lot of math?

>>1564769
This is philosophical logic, so no. There is some overlap though.

You might be looking for something different though, because this is the sort of formal and rigorous logic that philosophers use.

>>1564603
>explain it like i'm five
literally >>>reddit.

Go read a book nigger we don't need a massive semi-educated middle class thinking they're the intelligentsia because they absorbed a bunch of bite sized tidbits and never actually sought any deeper or nuanced understanding.

>>1564603
"Just study Buddhism."
Actual quote.

>>1564603
Chop wood, carry water.

i did this a while ago, we made a /his/ region

it has since died and i have stopped playing it religiously as i used to

>>1565704
i remember the /his/ region

>>1564524
I'm playing it, but I hate the interface and don't get how to RP so I just sit around dealing with national issues

>>1564127
Depends on the world view. For example, most people don't let their preconceptions influence their analysis quite as badly as creationists, or at least are will to consider the other options

>>1564127
opinion, what did you think?

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>>1564127

knowledge is never complete within one human body's (vessel of) consciousness so its a pretty moot question. but of course. how far through space and time do weighted considerations go for an individual and in what direction?

Nothing, there is no afterlife

>>1563790
K

>>1563774
Sheol, same as everyone else

http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/timothy_i_apology_01_text.htm

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>>1563363

>>1563363
Chrislam?

>>1562888
both

IDF was better equipped/trained and arabs can't fight

>>1562888
Lack of cohesion from Arab states.
IDF took them by surprise.
Arab Airforces couldn't participate because airfields were taken so quickly.
Israel had the support of the US.
Israel had much better equipment and training.
Israel blockaded Egypt and Syria.

Literally that simple.

>>1562910
>IDF was better equipped

Not even remotely close

>>1560808
Russia was extremely tolerant of homosexuality up until 19th century, and they also practiced incest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snokhachestvo

>>1561483
That thing was pretty common all throughout the world I think. At the very least it comes up in many stories.

>>1561483
>her son's wife

Damn, Russia really is backwards.

2deep4peasantcucks
Leads to confusion and riots and eventually loss of life
It's for their own protection

>>1584651
Is the papacy legitimised in the bible?

>>1584651
Look what happened when the peasants started reading it, 10000 protestant denominations popped up