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Is there an argument against nihilism?
Isn't it the most "meaningful" realization and the last frontier of philosophical thought?
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>there's no one telling me what to do
>so i can't do anything
>so sad. no meaning.... :'((
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>>1065160
This has nothing to do with nihilism
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>>1065153
Is there an argument against solipsism?
No, not an entirely convincing one. But philosophy kept advancing beyond it.
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Ok /his/, time to confess your boos, i'll start:
Romaboo
Byzaboo
Veniceboo
Prussia Pro
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>>1051324
byzaboo and veniceboo at the same time?
is this possible?
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>>1051332
Yes.It hurts
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>>1051324
CARTHABOO
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Why is Japanese Internment never talked about?
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>>1073245
cause concentration camps are things only nazis do silly
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>>1073245
america a gud boi dindu nuffin wrong dose nazi were da ebil racis i ain shittin ya
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>>1073245
I'm Canadian and we spent a fair amount of time on it in my highschool.
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Why does communist revolution always turn into State Capatilism every time?
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Inherent human selfishnes.
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>>1071363
this desu
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What Made the American Revolution Successful? 2016-05-01 19:08:16 Post No.1071342
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What Made the American Revolution Successful?
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It's a simple question is that many ask, why did the US come out of its revolution basically intact while other countries devolve to chaos after they gain independence.
>France devolved shortly back to dictatorship.
>China was run by warlords until slipping to Communism.
>Nearly every African nation devolved to anarchy
My guess is that the US was based on a set of ideals that united most of the nation in one state of mind in regards to limited government. It also helped that the revolution did not seek to upend society, but only the government.
Thoughts?
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You are a moron.
American revolution was successful because it was impossible for Britain to win an overseas war against a group of states that together was a very populous and prosperous country, that happened to have the help of two of the major European powers.
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Because the US revolution was basically just an informal aristocracy, they didn't aim for a total restart of society like the French.
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The Americans were a hell of a lot stronger, taller, healthier, and all around better than the Brits.
t. my HS education
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>"Fortune has it in for me; she is a woman, and I am not that way inclined."
straightest thing ever said
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>>1069694
Yes. The natural life cycle for historical figures is thus:
> birth > childhood > adolescence > young adulthood > middle age > old age > death > homosexuality > blackness
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We all know who was the greatest president of USA and who was the greatest emperor of Holy Roman Empire. But who was the greatest ruler in the history of Africa ruler?
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Ian Smith
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Gadafi. But he's not really African is he
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>>1069371
In recent history? Probably Menelik II of Ethiopia.
Fought off the Italians, began modernisation efforts, centralised a large part of the bureaucracy and tax code, tried to maintain something of a stable inheritance.
Not extremely impressive, but it's Africa after all.
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What really happened there, /his/?
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>>1067487
Some teenage caveboy got into trouble for fooling around with the Neanderthal girl two valleys down so his parents grounded him and sent him to the cave where he scribbled on a rock out of boredom.
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What's that?
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>>1067497
Evidence of man's first symbolic behavior. The beginning of History.
this for real?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Waffen_Mountain_Division_of_the_SS_Handschar_(1st_Croatian)
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Hey guys, I am from /toy/, thought you might like to hear about a new line of Figures from Bossfight Studios - it's a line of Greek Warriors and Mythical beasts. (vitruvian HACKS)
Anyway, I have a few and was wondering if you could help me, I want to customise my Spartans so that they are really accurate.
Pic related, the base Figure for the Spartan.
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>>1065314
You could start by exchanging those swords for a shield and spear. Hardly any real warriors in history used dual swords except I think some Indonesians or Cambodians or something
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Armor use in the Americas 2016-04-30 02:46:49 Post No.1063253
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Are there any accounts by Europeans on the effectiveness of the armors used by various indigenous peoples compared to European armor?
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>>1063253
The wooden branch armour sometimes used by north americans was pretty good against clubs. Ditto for the padded gear the mesoamericans used
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>>1063267
But how did it hold up to, say, steel swords? Depending on thickness, I would think it might be able to withstand swords (though I am skeptical of polearms).
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>>1063277
There is the Ichcahuipilli which is cotton laced and braided, layers of cotton that in a way is like the gambeson, meant to soften blows by the layers.
How effective it is? Against flint arrows it is great, it works like intended, against steel everything else (swords/lances/bullets/maces) I highly doubt they would be of any use, there is however people here that will say that they were good enough to deflect bullets or that swords cannot do a thing to these but most of the time they are the same ones that claim that the Macuahuitl could cleave through an armored knight and horse in a single swipe so my opinion of this armor and weapon is leaning towards the same as the ones that claim that the katanas are essentially lightsabers
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What was the best Germanic Kingdom and why was is the Kentish Jutes?
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You have all those to pick from and you pick the god damn Jutes
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Anglo-Saxons, you speak the continuum of their language FFS
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I am gonna go with OsthroGotic Kingdom till the ERE fucked that part of the world up.
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Why has religion been so strongly against homosexuality throughout history?
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>>1068804
Which one?
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>>1068804
Because homosexuality is an abomination
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>>1068824
Amen
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Who was the most corrupted and decadent ruler in history?
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>>1068279
Elagabalus
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>>1068293
Degenerate ! = corrupt
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>>1068279
Mansa Musa maybe?
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How is Turkish history taught in Turkish schools?
Do they go all the way back to ancient Persian/Mespotamian empires? Do they cover the Roman empire? Or does there history not focus on that stuff and start with the Ottomans?
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>>1067271
Pretty sure they start from the Goturks or Huns. Also not meaning to be /pol/ tier here but what's up with Turks trying to claim ethnic Persians like Rumi as their own?
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>>1067317
WAZ