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What mythology / legend / folklore do you think has been most thoroughly raped by modernity?
I'm gonna say Arthurian legend, pic related is my reasoning.
Norse mythology by far.
Santa Claus, or maybe Christianity
>>1124751
>Sonic
>not Japanese little girl Arthur
fuck Saber
Why aren't there a lot (actually none) of named female Philosophers in my textbooks? Are they that bad at wisdom?
Because they were viciously repressed in every civilization up to the late 1800s.
>>1124763
Lol when will this meme end? Women have never had it worse, they are more depressed and have a higher rate of suicide than ever
>>1124728
Because men write the textbooks.
You have been chosen to restore ONE monarchy to one country in the world. Who would you chose?
>>1124655
USA
>>1124655
Central African Empire.
>>1124659
Hildred Castaigne when
>History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Just what did he mean by this?
>>1124504
What a brilliant quote.
>>1124504
"History is written by the victors."
This is why you read in the books that democracy is best political system, if Hitler would won WW2 you would read that facism is the best political system.
>>1124526
>in the books
Which books? Because I'm fairly certain even a layman could tell you the pitfalls of democracy
Is it hypocritical to use utilitarian logic regarding some issues, and deontological logic regarding others?
>inb4 my question gets roasted because I'm a pleb
I have very basic knowledge of these ideas, please don't hate.
>>1124491
The nice thing about deonthology is that you have to be consequent, so if you're being utilitarian you're not a deontologist by definition.
>>1124820
So you'd just call me a utilitarian with some uncompromisable principles or something?
>>1124820
This is unreadable.
Why would God choose someone willing to become caravan raider and a warlord as an universal messenger?
God's a dick dude. Read the Old Testament.
>>1124486
The same reason he chose a tribe of nomadic semitic raiders with a penchant for genocide.
How would people (peasantry and nobility) in Medival England react to someone saying "oh Christ" or "God damned" in their presence? What would the social repercussions be for using God's name in vain amidst a crowd or in casual conversation?
>>1124375
This is taken to mean not swearing with the name of the Lord, but using the name of the Lord where it is not to be used, i.e. outside the temple.
>>1124939
And here I think it is meant the sacred name and not just some attribute like 'Lord'
>>1124939
Tfw I never knew this.
Tfw during my fanatic Christian phase, I took the Lord's name in vain all the time.
Tfw now I know why I feel like shit inside when I do it, even in casual conversation today, like when a friend tells me about good news out of a bad situation and I say "Praise God" or "Praise the Lord."
Tfw I am inadvertently doing it right now.
Tfw can't stop.
CAN'T STOP.
Why none of the Persian dynasties restored Zoroastrianism after breaking out of the Caliphate? It seemed logical up until 10th century or so, when Zoroastrians still were the majority of the Iranian plateau.
This is in stark contrast with Muslim Iberia. When Mudejars (native-Iberian Muslims) rebelled, they often returned to Christianity.
I remember reading about a Persian vassal of Tabaristan that was zoroastrian, he nearly conquered enough land to try and convert Persia to Zoroastrianism but died
The Tahirid dynasty was still part of the Caliphate, but they were autonomous. It was beneficial to them to convert.
Also, Zoroastrianism is simply a shit religion when compared to Christianity or Islam, there's not incentive to convert back, and there are many not to convert (i.e. your taxes become higher).
Christianity on the other hand is at least morally equal (actually superior) to Islam so converting is not crazy. Also, Iberia was a frontier of the Caliphate and Islamic expansion at large, Persia is in the middle of the Islamic world.
>>1124368
Because iran became a massive muslim majority by the time it broke out of the caliphate,you have to be retarded to think that it's a realstic option to attempt to convert that percentage to an old dead religion,or christianity like this larper here
>>1124384
Also mudejars didn't ''return'' to christianity they usually forced to convert or leave after islam was banned by Portugal by 1497,the Crown of Castile by 1502,and the Crown of Aragon by 1526.
>I came, I saw, I conquered.
What did he mean by this?
>>1124359
that's augustus
The young men who often visited Caesar in private would say,
"I saw, I conquered, I came."
Euphemism for smoothing over a premature ejaculation.
Why was there so little scientific and technological advancement in the Roman Empire?
pic unrelated
>>1124235
Why bother when they get slaves to do all their work
Say what you want about how great the roman empire was, but at least the greeks gave a shit about science
>>1124241
This is a pretty good point, a few things I need clarification on though: the European imperial powers all had huge amounts of surplus labour, and yet scientists still innovated. What incentivised them? Also, could the same problem be said about China
Modern science really wasn't a thing until the 17th century, OP.
ITT we post the most famous person of our hometown.
Pic related is Albrecht Dürer a German renaissance artist, best known for his paintings and engravings. He was born in in the free imperial city of Nuremburg. His lifetime (1471 - 1428) almost entirely correlates with the golden age of the city of Nuremburg where the city reached magnificent wealth because of its great role in the manufacturing of precision mechanics and as a important trade city.
![lith-1931-jacob-wiegersma[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pcEmfs6.jpg "lith-1931-jacob-wiegersma[1].jpg")
This guy was a writer, doctor and designer and other things. He's a pretty big deal in my town but I doubt anyone's heard of him outside of that.
>>1124225
Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Count of Stauffenberg
born in 1907 in Jettingen, Bavaria - Executed by a firing squad in 1944, Berlin.
Member of the 17th (Bavarian) Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg, Bavaria.
Awarded with Sword of Honor, Distinguished Service Badge, IVth Class, Distinguished Service, Badge, IIIrd Class, Iron Cross, Ist Class, Royal Bulgarian Order of Bravery, IVth Class, Finnish Liberty Cross, IIIrd Class, Wound Badge in Gold, Italian-German Remembrance Medal, German Cross in Gold.
Colonel in the General Army Office, Chief of Replacement...
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I'm an idiot. How did Roman tribes work? I feel like I can't get a simple explanation online and I need it for uni work.
It depends on tribe. For example the Iberians were developed , the austrians were always a pain in the ass.
>>1124120
I'm mostly talking about the whole voting system thingy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_tribe
>>1124120
Basically this, tribes were not comparable.
>historical figures who lived long enough to see themselves become the villain
no Hitler or Stalin memes plz
>cromwell
>a villain
How?
>>1124018
>Brutal savage.
>Let Jews back into England.
>etc.
>Somehow not a villain.
Are you retarded?
>>1123990
t. Bostonian Plastic Paddy
>He doesn't know his Latin and Greek
Whats your excuse /his/? Why are you an insufferable pleb?
>Latin
The only good works written in latin weren't done by romans
romanes... eunt domus?
>>1123894
Confirmed Byzaboo.
Hope this is historical enough. Tannhauser overture always gives me chills, such a god tier piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRmCEGHt-Qk
>>1123778
Tannhauser, Faust, and Götterdämmerung are all elder-god tier. Also, Wagner is romantic period. Beethoven and Mozart would be classical.
On the topic of the romantic period, Berlioz is prob my favorite composer next to Wagner and he's highly under-appreciated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHpxmxL4JrI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6K4mo_UdKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6UV2Of1L8E
"GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG" IS MY FAVOURITE "WORK" BY RICHARD WAGNER, PARTICULARLY SCENE FIFTEEN OF ACT III, "FLIEGT HEIM IHR RABEN", ESPECIALLY AS PERFORMED BY GEORG SOLTI, AND BIRGIT NILSSON.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIIdZUqeFhY#t=11m55s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dmWAve3Pvk
