Which figures of history do you think aren't deserving of the praise they get?
Overrated people of history thread.
>>70346
Pic related.
Will you learn Ancient Greek with me, /his/?
We can make it in to a daily thing, like Japanese threads on /a/.
>>70216
I would prefer to learn Latin, I think. Idk. I'm a Christian, so it would definitely be useful, but maybe not as useful as Latin, really.
>>70244
I'd be open to Latin as well.
>>70216
I took 3 years of it at university if you want to ask anything.
ITT: We talk about the greatest empire in history.
>>70069
>ottoman dickriding will be a daily affair on /his/
Not half as groundbreaking as the Romans desu
Sure thing friend
S I C K M A N O F E U R O P E
>blew the monarchy the fuck out
>blew Catholics the fuck out
>blew the Irish the fuck out
How can one man be so based?
cromwell is a fucking cunt and literally ruined the entire world
his ancestors and anyone remotely related to anyone who signed charles death warrant should be forced into systematic poverty and barely kept alive on government welfare
>>70115
Irish scum detected
Everynight I dream of cromwells return
t.englishman
>Puts his Betafag son on the Throne
>They dont even bother to kill him when he is deposed
Republicans BTFO
/his/torians, what do you think would have happened if Zoroastrianism had become the dominant faith instead of Islam?
>>70050
>Britain
is this a meme?
>>70050
It could never have happened. Zoroastrianism, unlike Islam, can not spread easily or even convert people as it needs both parents to be from this religion.
>>70050
islam has a lot of the elements of zoroastrianism, just like judaism and to a lesser extent christianity
in a sense, i would argue that islam is the continuation of zoroastrianism.
ITT: Times the good guys won and the bad guys lost
Too bad it didnt last
>>69983
WW2 definitely, could you imagine the world if germany were victorius? The opression, the racism, the intolerance.
>>70049
>the racism, the intolerance.
There would only be Germans though so there wouldn't be any racism or intolerance
How dark were the Dark Ages?
Are there no merits to the title? If we're willing to measure societies, wouldn't this era be on the low-end, with respect to the west?
>Visual Art
>Music
>Philosophy
>Literature
Seems kinda dark, desu.
>>69972
They're called dark ages because there's little source material on them that survived, that is all
>>69972
>visual art
colourful heraldry was neat
Are classifications/categories social constructs?
>>69921
On the grander scale, yes
Tribalism is, however in human nature and we often times classify ourselves into specific tribes based on appearance.
Race is the least specific (white encompasses norwegians, Italians, Serbians etc, all diverse populations but still a part of the same group) and can be further broken down into more specific categories (Balkan, Slavic, Scandinavian etc) and further into individual ethnic groups.
Literally everything is a social construct. Humanit does not exist outside of society.
>>69921
Beautiful painting țbh
How can there be free will and choice when there's causality?
Having free will or not does not make any difference. Regardless of if it exists we are all defined by who we are rather than by any conscious effort.
There cannot. But is there causality?
>>69950
>But is there causality?
Anyone who seriously asks this question should be punched in the face.
>Hunger and powerty reign in Germany. In four and half months of war Germany has lost four and a half million soldiers.
https://youtu.be/8IGbjPqFFvA?t=281
What did he mean by this?
>>69805
>What did he mean by this?
People die in war?
>>69805
God damn Stalin really did suck at public speaking. It's the one thing Hitler had over him.
>>69878
Stalin was ruthless motherfucker
Hitler was a weak bitch compared to him
Can we get an essential /his/ /lit/ list?
I have a few books that we could add:
>The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane
>A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
>the Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
>Mein Kampf
>principia mathematica
>The Republic
Anyone else?
>>69648
So, specifically for history? We could make them for certain time periods, but not for all history, unless you want just general recs.
>>69648
Mein Kampf a.k.a. Butthurt Manifesto is objectively garbage.
>>69648
The Prince?
The Divine Comedy?
The Odyssey?
Are you okay with worshipping the image of some violent Italian?
>>69154
who cares about how Christ is depicted on paintings?
gaytheist tier thread
>>69154
>Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of his lover
stopped reading here
into the thrash...
Catholics love to demonize the Borgias because it lets them deflect mentions of a less illustrious period in the history of the Mother Church. Just those filthy Spaniards defiling their fair institution, you see.
Cesare wasn't particularly violent by the standards of his age. He was admired by his contemporaries for his intelligence, good looks and princely demeanor. Machiavelli regarded him highly and it wasn't just because he had a crush on him.
How is Hedonism not the perfect ideology?
Degeneracy.
>>69012
Explain
> not even history
Buddhism thread?
>>68833
We need a more precise topic. To start with one what do buddhist think about atheism?
>>68874
Some would argue that Buddhism IS a form of atheism. There's no divine god, just a man who attained enlightenment and was a Great Teacher to others
For me, what made me more than just casually interested, was the idea of impermanence and attachment, and how it causes dukkha, or suffering.
Have genuine faith in the name of the Amida Buddha and you will be reborn in the Pure Land!
Why do public schools exist?
What is the source of this idea that everyone needs to learn what they teach you in school?
So that the kids learn which ideas are fashionable and which are not by noticing the facial expression and tone of voice of their Teachers and school books. Their opinions on specific issues are formed as they view and read the "correct view of history" as taught by their teachers and elders so that they might become fit voters for the already designated candidates and politicians.
It's a much surer way of controlling governments when you brainwash the population from the very start and take their kids to your "correctional institutions"
>>68856
William Pierce?
More educated the general populace is = The less they get taken advantage of by the elites
