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If evil Demiurge created the world, shouldn't man strive to do evil too?
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>>862627
What is the difference between a demiurge and a semiurge?
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shoo shoo, demiurge
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>>862631
The "demi" in demiourgos comes from demos, not hemi.
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What do intellectual people do? 2016-03-20 12:33:17 Post No.862546
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What do intellectual people do?
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Truly intellectual people - what do they do, how do they live their life? Do they kill themselves? Pursue intellectual interests or try to live the trivial life and just aspire plain happiness? Enter relationships? Become alcoholics?
I guess what I'm asking is not "what is the meaning of life", but "how should one pursue life"?
Philosophy in practice.
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truly intellectual people such as myself spend all day doing nothing but enjoying the finest media, reading the greatest literature and philosophy and of course sacrificing at least six hours everyday sharing my immense intellect and wisdom with the ordinary people
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"truly intellectual" people either go insane and kill themselves or realize that this will happen down the road and take steps to being more normal.
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>that picture
Stalin was a rat and didnt look like this.
>>862546
Between the ego inflated fucks, idiots who believe they're hotstuff and actual intellectuals that won't bother answering directly I can only predict this thread will go to shit.
Never ever mention intelligence on 4chan. It's assuming so many things, you can be sure it'll only trigger shitstorms.
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On a scale of Ceasarian to Democrat, what do you think was Nietzsche's preferred form of government?
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>>862159
I don't have an answer but I'd like to read people's thoughts on this. What would be your answer OP?
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>>862175
Considering his thoughts on the Ubermensch, it would probably be some sort of dictatorship, anything that isn't a Democracy would probably work though
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"As little state as possible!"
Probably an aristocracy like they had during the Italian Renaissance
Nietzsche loathed democracy almost as much as he loathed socialism
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Is there a philosophy that holds that: Because Humans are basically meat robots designed through evolution to self replicate that the very idea that they could ever hope to understand core universal concepts like truth, reality and existence is flawed?
Is there a philosophy that concedes that the very idea of human comprehension of inhuman truths is basically laughable?
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I've tried researching into this but haven't found anything sadly
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>>861794
fedoraism
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>>861794
Probably not. It's not a very sensible position.
Why is being a 'meat robot' inconsistent with understanding the concept of truth?
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What would Martin Luther think?
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>>861500
Martin Luther would probably be a tripfag on 4chan.
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>>861500
to smash that muthafuggin like button
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>>861552
XDXDXDXD;D;D;D>XD>XD
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What explains Poland's historical relative irrelevance and dearth of non-Jewish contributions and pre-communist lower wealth compared to Germany, despite their being next door neighbors with similar cultures?
Did the different states have very different institutions that promoted growth in one but not the other?
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>>861353
are we talking just the interwar period or including pre-partition things?
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>>861377
The whole period since late medieval/early modern times.
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>>861400
The Commonwealth was a potent European power in the 16th and 17th centuries, both economically and militarily. I'd disagree that they were historically irrelevant.
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How long till they'll be in full communion with each other again? My money is 200 years.
>Lutherans are in communion with Catholic Church
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>>861057
It's happen before, but those goddman turks break them up.
I say 100 years.
>Lutherans are in communion with Catholic Church
Wut?
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>>861072
Francis heavily implied that Lutherans can take Communion with Catholics back in November of last year
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/11/20/pope-francis-say-lutherans-can-take-communion-catholic-mass/
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>pope hunchbacked
>mah nigga Barty rocking the angelic pimp cane
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How were the limits of Latin American countries determined? 2016-03-20 02:03:35 Post No.861051
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How were the limits of Latin American countries determined?
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More precisely, I want to know on what pretenses countries that became independent of Spanish rule were formed. Was it cultural differences? Economic differences? If it was the latter, what are some examples of it?
For instance, what determined that Ecuador and Peru did not become one country or that Ecuador left Gran Colombia.
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By the way, I don't want to hear a "America Latina unida" commie kind of speech. Just historical insight into what I ask.
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>>861051
Local Oligarchies' range of influence.
That simple.
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>>861079
What kind of influence exactly?
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Hey /his/, I was curious:
Are there any people/ethnic groups/tribes/etc. who do not use human language?
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Turks
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In a word: no
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When did the Republican party--founded to end slavery, and the Democratic party--the party of the KKK, perceivably switch places as the racist and anti-racist parties and why?
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>>860974
The southern democrats changed votes in the 60's.
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>>860978
Explain?
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>>860974
They didn't. Some elements of the Democratic Party defected after the whole Civil Rights thing, but the Democrats are still the racist party, they just hide it better now. They've almost unilaterally destroyed black people in America. It's actually a feat, historians will write books about this in the future.
Explain to me why this man wasn't right, why shouldn't we give more votes to those who are better educated and more capable of making decisions? Try to avoid cliche arguments void of substance like it preludes civil rights - if the wiser are able to better rule than the less wise than the less wise can rule themselves, then the problem is the ego of the less wise and nothing else.
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I think it was Rawls that argued that a democracy is necessary because it justifies the state. So it isn't the most efficient rule but it's a fair rule. If you have a say in it you're helping to shape it and thus becomes part of it. Something like that, haven't read political philosophy in years.
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It isn't the most efficient system, it's the safest system.
If you put more political power in the hands of a certain group, that group will only seek to increase its powers and the majority is now at risk of being suppressed.
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>>861505
Aka what every mediocre state is.
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tfw you remember belgium exists
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>>860875
Brugge :-DDD
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>>860875
Remind me why it hasnt been split between the french and dutch again?
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In Bruges was a good movie
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Why did the Japanese draw Europeans as regular humans 2016-03-20 00:32:06 Post No.860697
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Why did the Japanese draw Europeans as regular humans
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But...
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Draw Americans as monsters like oni or tengu
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And getting into fights with catfish
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Dumb gaijin scum. Do not question us. You know nothing.
>War
What's the best way of stopping something that predates the history of humanity /his/?
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>1974 predates human history
Chimpanzees aren't our ancestors.
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>>860636
We share a common ancestor with chimps
>inb4 someone misinterprets your comment.
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>>860636
They are a pretty good proof that war not only belongs to humanity though, aren't they?
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Hey, I have no idea if this is the right place for this, but I figure I'd ask since it has been on my mind lately.
How does Buddhism, Eastern Religion/Spirituality, or anything of the sort deal with the fact that all around the world, children are starving to death, women are being raped, warlords are destroying villages, factory farms killing animals by the millions, ect...
I know this sound silly, but really, where does Eastern Philosophy fit into how cruel our world really is? I have recently taken up meditation as a hobby and all the research I have been doing says to "get in touch with the world" or "become one with your body and the earth" and all that kind of shit. It just seems silly to think these thoughts when there are untold amounts of death and suffering happening all of the time. Why am I so privileged (I hate to use this word) that I can potentially gain enlightenment through meditation and Eastern Philosophy, yet a child in Africa dying of some horrible disease will never know such peace.
How can Eastern Religions/Philosophies sit in their ivory towers and pretend that any of this is important when the world we live in is filled with atrocities?
Sorry if this is coming across as angsty. I am genuinely curious as it is something that I feel is preventing me from fully immersing myself in meditation and spirituality.
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Before you save the world you gotta save yourself tbhfam
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>>860484
Yeah, I think this and the highest form of Buddhism is self annihilation of the spirit, so you are not reincarnated into this world, this ball of dirt and shit we call earth, this thing called life. The dead only know one thing, it is better than life is the final transcendence.
I tend towards eastern philosophy more than western Abrahamics even tho I was born and raised in the west, the east has some good points.
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>>860496
Close but more like annihilation of the samsaric element. But even that is a dialectic. Buddhism is transcendence of dualisms, to where you've been this whole time.