Hey /his/
Let's play Battleground God
http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/god/
Post your results in the comments, we can debate or find like-minded peers.
manjaw
>refers to God as "She"
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Is it even possible to drop something any harder?
Did Carthage really sacrifice babies, or was this just something the Romans said to make them seem worse than they were?
We already had this thread earlier you Carthage apologists
>>276178
I'm just trying to be certain. Can you point me to non-Roman accounts of baby sacrifice?
>>276185
No, because there werent any.
Sacrificing babies is a stupid tradition, it goes against very basic human instincts and results in negative growth.
Most rituals and traditions of the time would be the exact opposite.
Post your favorite stories about based Diogenes of Sinope ITT.
I liked the story where he fucked your mum
DUDE SUNLIGHT LMAO
I think people often make the mistake of thinking that the Roman Empire was far too "civil". From the early Republic until the fall of the Empire Rome was a extremely war like and hostile society and civilization. Constant war, uncontested and unregulated patrician violence, blood sport and the gladiatorial games, tens of thousands of slaves, rampant xenophobia, and corruption unparalleled even maybe by modern standards. It certainly was no "beacon of light" to the rest of the world, in fact it was a constant enemy and threat to the rest of Humanity.
>>276063
Fun Fact: That Empire of theirs? Not all of it was conquered by the Legions. Greece, Syria, Judaea were pretty much sweet-talked into it.
>>276063
using todays standard of civilization to judge ancient empires is a whole heap of logical fallacy
get your hippie shit out of here
>>276063
civilization by definition:
>A civilization (US) or civilisation (UK) is any complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification, symbolic communication forms (typically, writing systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment.
>urban development
yep, Rome.
>social stratification
check, you had all sorts of classes within Roman society.
>writing
big check.
>separation/sense of superiority from the environment
yep, they didn't live in caves and they utilized agriculture and infrastructure to separate themselves from nature
by objective definition Ancient Rome was civilized.
Where does Evola get the basis of [traditional values]? Do we assume we receive it from God or it's some other base source that I haven't read about?
I mean, I like what he's selling, but I have no idea where he's getting all these [traditional values] from.
>>276033
His own brain, just like any philosopher.
I know for you relgiousfags it's hard to grasp this concept, but human beings can make up their own ideas without some imaginary influence from the skies.
>>276049
buttmad atheshit spotted
>>276049
>Implying I'm not an atheist.
>Implying the absence of an objective dispenser of value doesn't mean the shit Evola rails against has equal value to the values he espouses: zer0.
I get that he pre-packs a sample of these make-your-own values, but I don't find a compelling argument on why I should buy what he's selling other than I /like/ it.
What did he accomplish?
Is he just a meme?
More like Charlememe am i rite guys
Heribert Illig, please go.
>>275983
isn'r he like 20% of western european dna?
that might just be sensationalist articles making shit up though.
Does anyone know of the Integralistas and the party founder PlÃnio Salgado?
They're frequently called the Brazilian Nazis, but it is a grave misnomer. The Integralistas mirrored Portugal's Lusitan Integralism and Italian Fascism, advocating Roman Catholicism, National Syndicalism, spiritualism and opposing racism and materialism. One of the chief divisions as a mass movement was the Jewish question. Although Salgado wasn't against Jewish involvement (he firmly believed the problem of the world was ethic, not ethnic), his successor Gustavo Barroso fomented antisemitism, authoring the Portuguese translation of The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. The party received strong support from both Italian immigrants and Black workers, most notably João Cândido Felisberto who campaigned against torture as punishment and petitioned for better living conditions for sailors. He famously seized two battleships in a revolt, earning him respect from his fellow sailors who donned him "Almirante Negro" or "Black Admiral".
In the meantime, enjoy some party propaganda and photos.
>Eastern Orthodoxy lost Constantinople
<Roman Catholicism has never lost Rome
>>275933
Yes it fucking did
Multiple times
>>275941
Care to name at least 2 (two) occasions in which the Papacy lost control of Rome?
Hannibal
Scipio
Pompey
Caesar
Napoleon
All of them great generals in their own right and deeply admired Alex as the GOAT general (I'm probably missing some)
Which ones do you think surpassed him?
>>275919
surpassed Alexander? no one, ever.
he defeated every single one of his enemies, no matter the superior positioning or numbers of the enemy. he fought hundreds of battles, brought the greatest empire then known to heel, and conquered virtually all of the known world all before he was 33.
he was literally the perfect general. no one will ever claim his title as "the greatest general", and no one will ever be more successful than him.
none of them
>All possible worlds are as real as the actual world
Does anyone here actually believe in Modal Realism? Can this be used to justify escapist fantasies that anime and Middle Earth are real somewhere?
>>275752
They might be real, but you're not in them.
>>275763
I will be reborn.
MODAL REALISM AND MANY WORLDS ARE NOT THE SAME THING
MODAL REALISM IS ARGUING THAT COUNTERFACTUALS BEING CONSIDERED REAL (IN THE SENSE OF MATHEMATICALLY "REAL") HELPS ACCOUNT FOR SOME PROBLEMS WITH MODAL LOGIC
MANY WORLDS IS PSEUDO-PHYSICSY HIGH SCHOOL STONER TIER NONSENSE
DAVID K LEWIS WAS A MODAL REALIST AND DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE MANY WORLDS INTERPRETATION IN ANY WAY
What's the best book to read on Napoleon?
I love napoleon
>>275734
interested in a particular period of his life OP? a campaign? his rule over emprie?
>>275734
Campaigns of Napoleon by Chandler is the definitive napoleonic text
For a right-wing glorifying site like 4chan there is surprisingly little mention of this man. Was he really an evil mastermind or just a wannabe bumbler?
He was effective at rallying a populace and making people feel like communism was old school stuff. Things probably would have turned out fine for him if the world wasn't in the shape it was in. Despite the rhetoric, war was something he couldn't do. His ideology gutted the military at the same time it glorified it.
He was however a living cartoon character and I'm glad he existed.
>Was he really an evil mastermind
He pioneered fascism, that says enough.
>>275538
>For a right-wing glorifying site like 4chan
That's really only /pol/'s stormniggers. The rest of 4chan just thinks Hitler is funny and edgy, and Nazi uniforms and shit look cool.
Was there ever a African Latin dialect?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Romance
First result, newfag
where did they go
>>275534
Largely assimilated by Arabic/Berber, if you're looking for more awesome Roman African history check out Leptis Magna.
Is morality learned or innate?
>be me
>coach always hands out articles with inspirational/attitude related stuff at team meetings
>big preacher of honesty, integrity, etc
>today gives us one about how people are too focused on "their story"
>i.e. people always try to relate things to past experiences
>he said you can tell someone's "story" by watching them for like ten seconds
>article said you should try living each day as if you had no knowledge of your past
>coach implied this would like reveal who you really are or something
>i'm lowkey confused
>think about how I value things like honesty and hard work now but didn't a few years ago
>would it be ingrained enough to stick with me if I got amnesia?
>which led me to the question:
Are you born with a moral compass or is it taught?
>pic unrelated
A little of both, like everything. A lot of it is adaptive behavior to living in a tribe of similar humans, but the a lot of the specifics are cultural. Of course you could argue the specifics are just signaling, but that's adaptive in itself.
>>275280
i believe ice cube should return for the 3rd 300 spartan movie
>>275299
Wrogn thread, bon vivant.
>tfw everybody keeps shitposting about Zarathustra and his later works
>Nobody realizes the brilliance that was Birth of a Tragedy
my fucking god just go to /lit/
>>275204
The problem is that people don't even read his work to begin with. They just think "lol edgy nihilist", when Nietzsche fucking hated nihilism as a philosophy to itself. Nietzsche recognizes it, but his point is to not wallow in the vacuum of purpose, and rather fill it with your own meaning. Hence the "eternal return."
Quite the opposite of "ow that edge", Nietzsche's work can be boiled down to its very basic root of "go forth and be as awesome and happy as you can be".
How do I resolve the tension between Apollonian and Dionysian /his/?