Imagine you travel back in time and have to explain some modern technology, scientific discovery, or social phenomenon to an ancient Greek. But keep in mind you have to explain it in relatable terms so they would understand the concept of it. In other words you'd probably have to simplify and use analogies. And I don't mean 'explain it like you would to a 5 year old'; the goal is to have them comprehend it like an adult would as best you possibly could in a few paragraphs.
For instance, how would you go about explaining computers? Or black holes? Or the internet? Or hipsters? These are just a few, but you could choose anything.
I don't understand any of those things.
>>1055309
Technology would actually be relatively easy to explain, since Greek science was for the most part teleological and not mechanical, so you wouldn't need to explain the specific mechanical structure of the thing but rather the general function it fulfills.
Black Holes I have no idea how to handle, probably along the lines of divine cosmology.
Hipsters is easy since classical civilization was crawling with them.
I'd explain guns in terms of fire and bows
Any historical pictures of your city, try to compare it to a new one.
>>1055292
Present, from another angle.
Why did Russia got Kaliningrad at the en of WW2? It's weird.
talk shit get hit
warm water port in an area where russia had interests
/thread
>>1055244
don't "/thread" your own post
but ill do it for you
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Was Catharism akin to a medieval meme or were they really threatening to overthrow the Catholic Church in some places?
Memes have considerable power, and tend to be the things that overthrow religions, so your question is ridiculous
>>1054911
It's not that the Cathars were able to overthrow the Catholic Church, it's not that in the medieval mind the Cathars were leading people away from salvation.
Also it's weird that none of the belligerents of the Albigensian crusade actually professed Catharism.
>>1054911
Cathars believed that life was hell on earth & the deeds that you did decided fate in the next life. Jesus was a man which upset agreed doctrine, dispised indulgences, rich bishops & corrupt popes. Their beliefs where closer to earthly life than some kingdom that no one ever witnessed.
All ">HOLY >ROMAN >EMPIRE" memes aside, what was this guy's actual philosophy? From what I've read of him, he strikes me more as a social critic than anyone with their own defined philosophical worldview.
Enlighten me /his/?
TL; DR Reli(e)gion is DUMB XDXD
Its all about power. He wanted a new European power to rival england and France.
>>1054857
He makes memes and smug faces and he's all out of memes
![Allan_Ramsay_-_David_Hume,_1711_-_1776._Historian_and_philosopher_-_Google_Art_Project[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PtfR0RL.jpg "Allan Ramsay - David Hume, 1711 - 1776. Historian and philosopher - Google Art Project[1]")
>CHRISTIANITY BTFO!! SCIENCE BTFO!!
is he just lol you cant really prove anything: the philosopher?
>>1054648
To BTFO Christianity, you need but recognize one simple idea: virgin births and resurrections do not happen.
No, you're just asshurt that feels doesn't equal reals
David "please don't tell anyone I'm Scottish" Hume
ITT: Rulers who didn't deserve to have it so bad
Why was life like in Nazi occupied western Europe?
kawaii as fuck
>tfw no Mere Europe to protect you
>>1054528
I never knew Nazism could be so cute
>>1054528
Is Philip Dwyer's biography the number 1 book on Napoleon?
really? none are better?
The consensus seems to be that Chandler's is the best one by far.
I haven't gotten a chance to go through it yet, but it gets a lot of praise here and elsewhere.
>>1054604
Also don't be shitty and be patient. This isn't /b/ we don't have millions of posters on every second of the day.
Germanics have taken over the world. The Germanic mind is considered the normal healthy mind. Anyone who does not conform to Germanic way of thought is treated as abnormal and in need of correction. Look at all the pain they have caused. Non-Germanics have had to change their culture and society in order to match Germanics level of selfish interest. Those who do not conform are considered irrelevant and worthy of death and colonization.
It is abhorrent that one should force his mindset onto another. Aboriginal Australians do not want to act like "the white man", they have been robbed of their land and way of life just like the countless other peoples whom the Germanics have conquered. When ancient Romans and Greeks invaded lands they would take care of the native populations, building services and roads but they would be mostly left untouched as long as they paid taxes. When Alexander conquered he built schools and library's and the native peoples loved him for it.
We are so ingrained with Germanic perspective that we don't even realize it.
My question is, how did we reach the modern age of colonialism where Germanics have not only taken away from natives their land, but also their souls? It is evil, pure evil.
>>1054294
I actually agree but also we went to the moon and that's fucking glorious, if you ask me.
>>1054294
I, blame the Normans senpai.
Change Germanic to Anglo
>inb4 Anglos are Germanic
no they ain't since 1066
In the 18th century one of the huge debates going on was whether luxuries and "modern" convenience was turning modernites into effeminate weaklings obsessed to an unhealthy degree with frivolities and outward status.
Why, when these trends have only accelerated, does no one even talk about the negative implications of convenience and material wealth anymore?
Because a life of comfort is better than one of discomfort
There's been countless tribes of primitives who championed "hard living" and they ALWAYS accepted their way of life sucked
We've been talking about our descent into decadence and depravity since the Roman Republic. Despite growing constantly weaker, more vulnerable, and effete, since those days, as evidence by written testimony, we're taller and live longer than ever. Curious.
>>1054168
is dave thomas/bernie sanders photoshopped in?
Allahu ackbar, /his/, my name is Lawrence al-Mohammad.
I'm a 26-year old British fitra (that's Islamophile for you infidels.)
I train with my scimitar everyday, this superior weapon can cut clean through steel because it is blessed by Allah, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my sword license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.
I speak Arabic fluently, both Hashemite and Howeitat dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Islamic history and their Shahada, which I follow 100%
When I get my Arabic visa, I will visit Mecca to complete the Hajj to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become an advisor for Prince Faisal or even a Bedouin!
I own several thawbs, which I wear around the British headquarters. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to Arabia, so I can fit in easier. I slay all nonbelievers and pray to Allah and his prophet Mohammad as often as I can.
As-salamu alaykum!
Lawrence of Arabia is so fucking cool.
>>1053961
I know, it's such a great movie.
Good luck Lawrence!
Why is WW2 Japan retarded?
>our economu is in ruins
>we have shit production
>our forces are barely making it out in china
>heheheh lets attack USA for no reason
??????
>>1053950
Look at the government of WWII Japan and you will see why it was retarded.
"A military is only as smart as the people and government in control of it." - George Washington
>>1053963
Pretty much this.
Japan had to play catch up. Then they went to war with a much larger, more powerful country as a means to make a name for themselves.
>>1053950
Why is Imperial Russia so retarded?
>our economu is in ruins
>we have shit production
>our forces barely made it out against japan
>heheheh lets enter WW1 for no reason
??????
What exactly did they kill him for?
He currupted the youth.
Being smart and being a smartass about it.
His whole trial was "It's just a prank bro"
>>1053818
Athens lost the Peloponesean war, and Sparta set up a puppet government of 30 oligarchs
They were
A) Quite repressive and brutal
B) Several of them were noted students of Socrates.
When they were eventually overthrown and Athens regained de facto independence, Socrates got blamed for a lot of their excesses.
Post underrated historical badasses so we can all have new things to read. I'll start: here's Jan Zizka, Czech Hussite General who fought at Tannenberg, then defeated an entire crusade launched against his religious sect to the point that mercernaries would flee the moment they heard they had to fight him. Joan of Arc threatened to start a new crusade against his sect herself just before she was captured. He never lost a battle, was the first to use mass field artillery and peasant flails, slaughtered the fuck out of enemies of the hussites, and was so beloved by his men that when he died they started calling themselves 'the Orphans'.
And yet I never seem to hear about him.
Götz "Iron Hand" von Berlichingen
Mercenary with a mechanical arm. Personal motto: "You can lick my ass."
Yeah, he was a fun guy.
Also the inspiration for Guts from Berserk.
>>1053761
>Heretics
Literally who cares
>>1053823
>One eyed monster wh never lost a battle
That's why.
