From the period of 500 BC to 1500 AD, what part of the world would have been the best to be a ruler?
I mean in a hedonistic sense, which empire would have been the best to be the ruler of if you wanted a pleasurable experience with women/wine/and beauty.
Late Greece?
Rome?
Abbasid Caliphate?
Middle Age France/Germany/ or Englan?
Most luxurious and erotic life would be that of a Tang emperor
Probably Vikings because I'm into white women and BDSM.
A question about pic related....
so as we all know a lot of Aztecs died because of "European" diseases the Spanish brought into Central America.
But why weren´t the Spanish affected by any Central American diseases which were not common in Europe? Shouldn´t it be a fair trade more or less?
Wasn't syphilis one?
There weren't any catastrophic contagious diseases in the New World that the Old World hadn't already experienced.
>>1153270
Rheumatoid Arthritis is meant to originate from the new world.
I remember reading that Jesus told Peter that the church sould be inside him and not a physical one but can't find that site now.Can someone elaborate/help me find the link if possible?
>>1153140
it's both
>>1153140
Who cares? Christianity's been altered and pretty much replaced altogether within the overall course of history.
>>1153140
The body of the new creation in Christ Jesus, Christians, is the tabernacle of the Holy Spirit, and He lives in us.
There is no building on earth that houses God in this age; He dwells in temples not made by hands.
OKAY. So Uhh I figured out that uhh... the fucking ottomans landed in western europe(NOT SPAIN), Like France and england and shit. Were they trying to convert the land or something?
>>1152726
It's roaches, take a guess.
>>1152726
Come again?
>>1152726
They were allied with France.
Are there any formal theories or theses on why exactly religious conflicts happen?
>DUDE MATERIALISM LMAO
Doesn't explain why such bitter tensions are created between different sects in such short periods of time
>>1151999
Social Identity theory..
I know i know, it's not supposed to be deterministic.
But if you think about it, when people start to divide along ideological lines, they become team players suddenly, and there's not just a division, but a full on hatred.
>>1151999
Idk if there's a formal theory yet or not, but religions are not what you think. They themselves are declarations of a political nature, adherence to a religion means adherence to a certain loosely defined political community. Religions don't have 'values' on their own with which they determine the thinking of their followers, currently trending values in a given religion are always the values that would be the values of that given community anyways, and these are determined by the respective community's political, social and economic past and opportunities. Thus religion is also a formal legitimiser of power structures and political aspirations.
When religions divide into sects, these divisions always happen along already existing power struggles - it's the final step of saying fuck you, we are not the same group anymore. A few examples to support the claims:
Christian Schism: Quite obvious, the two most important and roughly equall powerful seats of the Church were stretched over such a distance that one could not directly influence the other and it's imminent vicinity and vice versa. When this became clear, they divided the cake between themselves. Naturally, this was mainly communicated as theological disagreements but come on.
Islam 'Schism': An ordinary succesion struggle. It is an established fact that Shiism was a political movement before they formalised it in a religious form - as Islam was in itself a very clear political reform of unification, progressive laws and conquest, the state and the Chruch were fused together from the beginning, so this was necessary.
Bosnia/ Balkans: The middle of the Balkans was basically the no man's land of religion, neither the Pope nor the Patriarch could firmly extend and stabilise their influence as it was about halfway between them. Hence the strange religious nature of the area, the Bogomil Church and so. However, when the Turks came, it became obvious who was the top dog down there.
>>1152318
Explain the Yugoslav wars without mentioning religion once
Will there ever be Objective history?
>>1151855
>there might be ppl in the future who get to spend all their immortal traveling back in time, filling in all the blanks and creating the ultimate objective history collection of humanity
jelly as fuck tbqhfamalam
>>1151855
No, even if you could go back in time and record everything without influencing the course of history, you could never know each persons true intentions, because if you asked them, that would change time, because of this we can only speculate on how gay hitler really was...
It seems as if Hesiod's Golden Age where "the earth gave for all their needs of its own accord and rivalries of any kind were thus unknown" recalls Hunter-gatherer nomadic life.
Is the Silver Age where people "lived as children with their mothers for a hundred years" then a reference to the contact with the matriarchical Cucuteni-Trypillian culture?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_and_end_of_the_Cucuteni%E2%80%93Trypillian_culture#Gradual_assimilation_theory
How would Hesiod know anything about either of those things?
>>1151879
Oral tradition?
>>1151908
>Oral tradition?
Thousands of years later? No way.
What does /his/ think of Alan Watts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssf7P-Sgcrk
I've always enjoyed listening/reading him. He's got a bit of a reddit-tier philosophy-bro thing going on, but part of his appeal is that he didn't toe the fedora line.
>This way of looking at the world - in a sort of passive move - permeates our general feeling about life. As Westerners, we are accustomed to looking at human existence as a precarious event occurring within a cosmos that, on the whole, is completely unsympathetic and alien to our existence. We have been reared within an early twentieth-century form of common sense, based on the philosophy of the science of the nineteenth century, which rejected Christianity and Judaism. Therefore, we tend to regard ourselves as biological accidents in a stupid and mechanical universe that has no finer feelings and that is nothing more than a vast, pointless, gyration of radioactive rocks and gas.
>Buddhism is not a religion
DROPPED
>>1151763
>Alternatively - if we have a more traditional outlook - we see ourselves as children of God and, therefore, under God's authority. We believe that there is a big boss on top of the universe who has allowed us, at his pleasure, to have the disgusting effrontery to exist. So we'd better mind our Ps and Qs, because that boss is always ready to punish us, with the attitude of "this is going to hurt me more than it is going to hurt you."
>When we adopt ether of these worldviews - the scientific or traditional - then we are defining the world as something to which we do not really belong. We are not really part of it.
>>1151776
Can say that of all eastern religions.
I think he is a very wise man but take things he says with a grain of salt, don't just accept them as fact. He is more of an entertainer than a philosopher.
>>1151776
You could certainly argue that about any Eastern religion since they are functionally so different than western religions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y
>>1151740
No, because most of what he discusses as the closing of the Mediterranean occurred during the 6th century due to massive plague and famine, seemingly accounts for every military action by Saracen forces ever but doesn't do the same with Latin activity nor explain and present his methodology for review, says North Africa was depopulated by the Arab conquest because of silt in North African harbors being proof that Arab families all had a minimum of 50 goats and that dhimmi laws said they could graze them on Christian agricultural land (?) when we know cities like Lepcis Magna were all but abandoned before the Arabs even showed up due to desertification, Berber raids over 3 centuries earlier, and mismanagement by military governors in Libya.
For a start.
Pseudo historian driven by hate
>>1152295
Basically this, though I think we should be very scared of Islam.
What if the Allies had bombed the Baku oilfields in 1940?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pike
>>1151562
They probably would have been too ineffective to do significant damage
>>1151562
Wasn't the Germans getting oil from Russia at that point?
>200,000 years of anatomically modern humans
>Meaning of life still shrouded in mystery
>>1151527
>Humans
>Capable of figuring out the meaning of anything
Top kek
>>1151527
>meaning
>coherent concept outside of some context in which it is considered
>life
>capable of being considered within some context external to itself
Just not a problem, at all.
>>1151579
Reason for being
Is Kirkegaard arguing that, because truth=subjectivity, the line between fact and opinion is blurred (if it exists at all), or do I have a fundamental misunderstanding of relativism.
Ironically, there'll be two types of comments that appear in response to your question, oh great one.
>>1151304
>You will never drive an ice pick deep into this annoying holier than thou namefag's skull
I'm relatively angered right now
>>1151307
Oh for goodness sake. There are plenty of religion threads for you to post in.
Modern history power levels
Greatest Generation > POWER FUCKING GAP > Every other generation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilburn_K._Ross#Medal_of_Honor_citation
>>1150939
Gen X > Millenials > Boomers > "Greatest" Generation
Gen Y = Gen X = Greatest Generation >>> Boomers
>>1150939
Lee Harvey Oswald or Wayne Gretzky??
What do you guys think of Manichaeism? Did its followers deserve to be burned alive?
>>1150620
??? Somehow implying that anyone deserves to be burned alive???
>>1150620
No one deserves to be burned alive and anyone who says otherwise is an edgy 21 year old who doesn't spend enough time around other people or outside his room.
Imagination
In this document I've used some logic that may seem bizarre, but I assure any reader that it's not impossible logic, and upon comprehension, you will become affluent with your imagination.
Thought
“Thought is as light as a feather, but can be as stern as a rock.”
There are a few obstacles that we must surpass for ourselves to flourish. The first is mental illness. All humans have had, at some point, a mental illness; diagnosed by separation from natural thought, and not by man-made doctrine that assesses a less natural thought-process, Government life.
The most common natural mental illness, and critical to this essay, is the counter-argument that one thinks of almost simultaneously to any thought. There are two forms, the lesser form and the greater form. Here are some examples:
Player: “I'm right about this subject!”
Counter: “You're wrong about that subject!”
Player: “I'm White.”
Counter: “You're Black.”
1/4
It's important to realize that beyond whether you're right or wrong about a subject, a thought is private and can be processed in any way you want. It's when we project thoughts in non-creative circumstances, that there's pressure on the correct mode of thought. In creative circumstances, it's beneficent, and more intelligent, to be peaceful even in incorrect thought.
Confidence, is synchronous with thought; and style is synonymous with thought. Think you're intelligent, and dismiss the counter-argument; for creativity is boosted by confidence, and style comes by confident creativity.
If you only doubt yourself, you're sure to fail in creative endeavours. Be a scientist, in mind, without a degree, dismissing the counter-argument that you need it; then, when engaged in creativity, your ideas mean something more than what others may deem impartial, or imperfect.
True thought consists of two, or two-and-a-half phases, The first phase and second phase are fluid, and adaptable, but the third must be a transition to the next thought, and is considered half a thought. Think, 'the house is red' even if it's blue, be confident in your thought, and then either transition across this wave of thought, or end your thought-process.
Worded-thought follows a rhythm; rhythm that sometimes stutters, or is lost; and in times like these you may feel embarrassed. However, stuttering or losing rhythm, is part of the rhythm, and should be treated equally to full-thoughts. Thought is more about expression and imagery, and less about words; dominant worded-thought is a mental-illness.
To conclude, your thoughts are your own, do not let them be anyone else's; though this may be a hard task given all natural mental-illnesses, it's possible with wisdom. Think in the moment, and let these moments be unique, small or great.
2/4
“The theory of infinite dimensions is as infinite as the reality.”
Disclaimer: below is a list of dimensions from 1 through 6, with a description for each of them.
1. One
2. Opposite
3. Trinity
4. Equality
5. Imperfection
6. Accurate
One is the beginning of the theory of infinite dimensions; it's infinitely small. Humans evolved from apes; hypothetically, the ape, from human experience, is in the image of dimension-one. A good metaphor I often employ with my imagination: I am the son of the Ape Creator ( in reference to God ). Of course, there are different formats of one-dimension; a single, solitary point, in some cases – an alien species in another.
3/4
Opposite is many types of opposites. Opposites can be symmetrical or non-symmetrical. A man may hold an item in one hand, and the same type of item in the other; the items, as well as the man's hands, are paired. Pairs are opposites, but then there is also the unpaired that's contrary to the paired. A man may hold a different item in each hand, or hold the same item differently.
Trinity is the dimension of difference; a dimension that's only opposite is the opposite-dimension. A mother and father create one, or multiple children. When opposite genders want to move on from love, and into family, they must produce a child. For a single human, reproduction may be improbable; however, a binary relationship between heart and mind, allows for creation of ideas and actions.
Equality encompasses all prior dimensions, as one. It is a state of equilibrium that acts as a second one-dimension. A good picture to describe the equality-dimension, is the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci. The position a man stands in is always in equilibrium with the other dimensions, but a man also has the choice to be in a position that is equal with himself.
Imperfection has two forms; it can be in evil light or in good light. Humans can be of varying, precise beauties but humans also have differing views on beauty. The imperfection-dimension is anti to the equality-dimension!
Accuracy-dimension is infinitely precise. A skilled archer may hit a target In it's centre one-hundred percent of the time. An honest man may tell the truth one-hundred percent of the time. A man of any skill level may miss, and may deviate from their skill. There are varying degrees of accuracy; the accuracy-dimension is accurate half of the time, the other half it's passive.
To conclude, this list is non-comprehensive; there are more dimensions. Knowledge of dimensions is helpful for our imagination; it helps us to imagine above the norm, or stabilize with it.
