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Why do Anglo-Saxons hate Confucianism? 2016-07-17 22:43:58 Post No.1426272
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Why do Anglo-Saxons hate Confucianism?
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Why do Anglo-Saxon peoples hate Confucianism so much?
This Chinese doctrine seems to give a headache to every Anglo-Saxon intellectual.
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Inferior brain power.
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Disdain for the family, probably.
Possibly the language itself is structured (capitalization of first-person pronoun and other misc. degeneracies) is anethematic to the creation of a virtuous community.
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>>1426272
>Be Anglo-Saxon
>Something is Eastern.
>EASTERN DESPOTISM.
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Who are your favorite church fathers, /his/?
Do you prefer the Latin fathers, the Greek fathers, or those of the Syriac tradition (Ephrem, Isaac, et. al)?
Are there any particular texts that you're keen on?
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Bump.
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Doesn't matter where the Father comes from, the Patristic tradition is pretty uniform. Saint Jerome, for instance, really isn't any sort of different tradition from Saint John Chrysostom. Only when you have divergence from patristic tradition does it appear you have distinct regional traditions of theology.
I am especially fond of the Ascetic Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian, as well as the Ladder of Divine Ascent.
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Gregorius papa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibilism
>read a daniel dennet article where he reviews sam harris's free will book*
>dennet is really patronising towards determinism
>"59 % of philosophers are compatibilists, teehee, poor deluded harris and scientists and common folks who are hard determinists"
>"if only they paid attention to philosophical progress, poor deluded plebs"
>"philosophers have a different definition of free will"
>dennet won't get to the fucking point so I just go to the link above, excited to see a non trivial use of reasoning in philosophy as I was the Munchhausen Trilemma poster / shitposter
>think to myself "oh my god, my mind will be blown"
>Compatibilists often define an instance of "free will" as one in which the agent had freedom to act according to their own motivation. That is, the agent was not coerced or restrained. Arthur Schopenhauer famously said "Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills."[7]
>In other words, although an agent may often be free to act according to a motive, the nature of that motive is determined. Also note that this definition of free will does not rely on the truth or falsity of Causal Determinism.[2] This view also makes free will close to autonomy, the ability to live according to one's own rules, as opposed to being submitted to external domination."
WHAT?! WTF? WTF? that's the fucking stupidest shit i've ever seen! That's STUPID.
>Immanuel Kant called it a "wretched subterfuge" and "word jugglery."
That basically sums it up. Oh my god, philosophers you fucking slimy faggots, do SOMETHING academically worthwhile.
* yes I know harris says dumb shit and I'm not implying i'm a fan
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calm down hopper
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Delete this shitty thread
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>>1426175
>"Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills."
>In other words, although an agent may often be free to act according to a motive, the nature of that motive is determined.
What makes dennet particularly egregious here is that this is exactly the reason Harris et al think free will is an illusion, because we cannot will what we will, only choose whether or not to act on our impulses.
What has been going on with clothing?
I mean that the more we desexualize nudity the more we will have to look for something else as a source of eroticism.
If we dont find nudity erotic anymore what are we to do if not divert erotic feelings towards other things...
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Bump thread coyld be interesting
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>>1426130
This is why fetishes exist mane.
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>>1426841
So maybe we should be against this continuous undressing.
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Which do you guys prefer, the Great Man theory or the People's theory?
>Pic Unrelated.
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>>1426016
Great Xir theory
shitlord
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>>1426016
People's tHEory
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Great Man theory is objective fact
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/his/ armour appreciation thread
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>>1426001
>armor
Really dude
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How many people are actually on this board? Also, /his/ meme thread.
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>>1425728
OVER THE ALPS PERHAPS?
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I don't think I've ever seen it say over 60 posters in a single thread
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>>1425846
This board is so dead.
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Help analyzing this photo? 2016-07-17 20:17:46 Post No.1425639
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Help analyzing this photo?
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I was at a family reunion this weekend, and ended up visiting my Great-Great-Great Grandfathers house in Portugal.
No one lives there, but it's kept in tact for our family members to visit (We have an extremely large family, and at-least 80% of us make six figure plus salaries, so paying to keep this house in tact and visiting it is worth it to them). After digging through stuff, we found a photo none of us had seen before of my great-great-great grandfather, my great-great-great grand mother, and my great-great grandfather.
Everyone was fascinated by the how old the photo was, and how my great-great grandfather looks like me, however I was curious about something else: Something on my great-great grandfathers vest.
I first thought it was a pocket watch, but he wouldnt be showing it off, and it's far too small to be a pocket watch. I'm thinking it's a medal, possibly Freemason since most the men in our family tree were Freemasons. Anyone have any idea what it is? (Sorry for th ebad quality photo in advanced, it was taken with my phone...)
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Close up photo because 4chan only allows 1 photo
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>>1425639
Moderm freemasons are pretty chill, you could honestly just email them the photos and ask if you don't get any help here
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Here's my wild guess. It looks like boots. Maybe... He made boots and got an award for fanciest 3-for-2 boot sale campaign?
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Jack the Ripper - General 2016-07-17 19:24:32 Post No.1425379
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Let's discuss one of crime's unsolved mysteries.
Who was he?
Why did he do it?
Was he medically proficient?
How did he get away with it?
Why did the murders suddenly stop?
What are some of the best books on him?
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>>1425379
His name was Senastien. He was a would be reformer/prophet. He stopped because the Vorlins took him to their planet.
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Hasn't he been proven to be a polish immigrant, from genetic data they recovered from a scarf or something he'd supposedly worn.
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>>1425403
My apologies for having to insert the Guardian on here. I hate it as much as you do.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/08/jack-the-ripper-polish-aaron-kosminski-dna
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Would an egoist serve God if it was a tangible entity? 2016-07-17 18:45:11 Post No.1425261
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Would an egoist serve God if it was a tangible entity?
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Let's suppose that in a post-apocalyptic world there's a war going on between God and Lucifer. Let's ignore morality stuff in all of this. An egoist (That we'll simply call Stirner) can either choose to help God, who will dictate his kingdom granting absolute joy to whoever serves him or Lucifer, who instead will give everyone absolute freedom and anarchy. What would Stirner choose?
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i don't think stirner was an idealist so lucifer offering ultimate freedom wouldnt matter much. He'd pick the one that made him happiest or most gain. Id wager he would pick god if his deal was better.
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Chaos a shit, Neutral for life
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>>1425261
Why look for proofs in hypotheticals?
Lucifer isn't even an entity
Let's have a book recommendation thread, /his/.
I am looking for entry level books on medieval history. I enjoyed pic related. Currently reading Norwich's "The Normans in the South", which I'm also enjoying so far.
I would like something similar for medieval France or Germany. What would you recommend? I also saw a lot of books on the Byzantines at my local bookshop but I have no clue what to pick.
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This is a pretty good book about medieval life in England
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>>1425204
"A History of the Middle Ages" - Joseph Dahmus
"Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400 - 1000AD" - Chris Hardwick
"Byzantium: The Early Years" - John Julius Norwich
"The Crusades" - Thomas Asbridge
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Why do most Revolutions fail?
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Letting the masses run wild usually adds some hard to control element to the whole equation.
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Is it a 'revolution', if it fails?
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>inb4 "the american revolution succeeded"
It wasn't really a revolution, more like an organized uprising.
Because revolutions always breed more revolutions. Remember, it is never the idea but the circumstances. The circumstances that allowed one revolution to thrive allow others as well. Thus, counter revolutions.
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How do you think History will remember Moot?
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>>1424834
Just another one of those dotcom personalities who never cashed in.
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Only as the founder of a particular Aleut dogsledding forum
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Up there with lowtax, snacks, and ebaums
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How to into Aristotle? What works in what order? Do I need Plato?
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You should read Plato first but it isn't necessary.
Start with On the Soul, then read Nicomachean Ethics.
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Read Plato's works on Socrates, then some other Plato to get an idea of his own philosophy, then Aristotle.
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>>1424531
Start with the Categories. Its his basic philosophy.
Can we have a thread about symbolism? Specifically the all seeing eye?
I think the Egyptians drew giant eyes at the top of their pyramids to give the impression that they are being looked down on by their gods while the sides of the pyramid represent the field of vision of the eye.
I don't know how this symbol made its way into Judaism and found itself on the US currency and what its ultimate meaning is.
Also, please don't shill and/or derail this thread.
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>>1424284
>I think...
...and yet you know nothing
think about that
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>>1424284
>the Egyptians drew giant eyes at the top of their pyramids
No they didn't. It's not an Egyptian symbol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence
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>>1424325
>not an Egyptian symbol