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If not for Vietnam he'd be referred to as one of the top 3 greatest Presidents. His legislative success and political skill are almost unrivaled.
How much did The Joint Chiefs of Staff and general consensus of The Domino Theory steer his administration's foreign policy?
No.
he created the welfare state and signed one of the worst gun control laws ever.
One of the worst presidents. Along with FDR, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Johnson, Obama, Reagan, and Bush jr.
>I'll have those niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years
If not for Adrianople he'd be referred to as one of the top 3 greatest Emperors.
How do we know we aren't living in a simulation? Is pic related's argument valid?
>>891358
we dont
it's actually quite likely imo, but we might never find out even if we are
Does it matter?
>>891368
Does it not? If we are indeed a simulation, then what is the point of anything?
Liberal Arts Then:
>The seven liberal arts were taught in two groups: the trivium and the quadrivium :
> Trivium
> Grammar
> Dialectic (logic)
> Rhetoric
> Quadrivium
> Arithmetic
> Geometry
> Astronomy
> Music Theory
The "Liberal"...
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>>891180
>Back in the day if you were an intellectual, you studied math and science in addition to philosophy,
Hardly. Trivium-Quadrivium is more of a medieval meme so talking about degeneration from Medieval era is a bit absurd. One should start from modern era. Most of the Modern University education was just
-Latin
-Greek
-Ancient History
If you don't believe me you can easily find Course Catalogues of Upenn, Harvard etc from 19th century. Those were the basis of education....
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Law is literally the first and most important university discipline
>>891212
>Hardly. Trivium-Quadrivium is more of a medieval meme so talking about degeneration from Medieval era is a bit absurd. One should start from modern era.
How Whiggish. I don't think you can say that a curriculum devoted to Greek, Latin, and history is superior to a curriculum that includes Latin and various other disciplines just because one came after the other.
Are we on the verge of a new Cold War?
More like its the 30s again and fascism is going to come back
>>891082
No, it's the old Cold War that hadn't finished properly.
>/his/ - Future & Humanities
What went wrong?
sister fuckers
>>891073
memes about incest
>>891073
Realistically? Muslim suppression at a moderate scale in a time when it was already old and weak and honestly in competition with lukewarm variant of Buddhism and Hinduism on the other side of the plateau, which themselves fell on the sword of conquest.
THE GOOD NEWS, however, is that the injunction against converts has been srsly relaxed in the last few years because "muh dying faith" and there's a surprisingly robust exile/convert community in the US, so pic related and phone up your local org.
>I don't believe in god, but I believe there's 'something'
when will this meme end?
>>890896
What do you mean by this?
I don't believe in God but I don't say it's not possible. If there is it is unlikely one from any past or current religions.
>>890927
"I believe there's 'something'"
is the most void thing ever, yet everybody in my surounding gives this reply when I ask them about their faith.
Lately I have fallen into a very abstract kind of existential crisis. I find it harder to recognize deception and reality. Giving the benefit of the doubt helps and disturbs me at an almost equal rate. I attribute this crisis to several factors:
1. Acknowledgement of political deception and media lies as with north Korean propaganda. It weakens trust to any major news organization.
2. A strong ambiguity introduced through the philosophical ideas of Wittgenstein, particularly the doubt introduced by the idea that actual communication is likely to fail if both parties of...
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Watch Kent Hovind's creation seminar.
The first step to truth is realizing you've been lied to your whole life.
Get the garbage out of your head.
>>890825
this
The reason you have existential crisis is because God and Satan are both fighting for your mind.
I suggest you read "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis or watch cslewisdoodle on YT.
Is Egypt the only culture where the bow was considered a royal weapon?
It wasn't the bow itself.
It was the combo of chariot + bow.
Regular chariots had spikes on their wheels and were meant to shock enemy formations.
Royal chariots were for harassing and kiting from a distance.
>>890822
>Regular chariots had spikes on their wheels and were meant to shock enemy formations.
making things up: the post
>>891279
I believe several different cultures used blades on the sides of chariot wheels.
What ended the hippie generation? What did it achieve?
dude weed lmao
>>890717
charles manson was a crucial reason for it ending. hippies where basically new age liberals. they still exist today but they are on the internet instead of on the streets.
>>890725
Nah man, Vincent Bugliosi was.
Manson is a strawman, it's the Manson of the media that ended the hippie generation.
greetings /his/
so i just started my science writing in ancient history, i chose to find out why Cleo VII was not a cliens (="client") like the other fags around Rome.
But i need your help, since i discovered some questions:
>1. why is even egypt a cliens of rome?
my "researches" just say it is, and after the war against octavian it says egypt is now a provincae of Rome.
Is it because Rome sieged macedonia and macedonia is related to egypt since >muh heritage?
got a load more questions, but this one is...
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>>890448
Egypt had already been a protectorate of Rome for over a century at that point, declaring it a province was just officially recognizing Rome's control over it.
>>890458
yeah, but what event was the turning point from Sovereignty to the patronage?
>>890494
The end of the Ptolemaic dynasty?
What can you make of this apparatus, /his/bros?
>>890386
I think you dismantled an antique fingerbox. But I'm no expert on older ones.
No name on it, but I believe it is something used to shave with.
>>890386
That is definitely a horcrux
Im very interested in NLP reacently, why is it possible that i myself can bring up positive emotions whitout doing something that would allow my brain to reward myself with them?
Isnt that called cheating?
What are the greatest benefits for yourself you got out of a NLP training /his/?
What is NLP?
>>890378
Neurolinguistic programing
Who was the leading figure of Enlightenment Era ?
>>890128
Between Voltaire and Rousseau, or in general? Locke and Rousseau are equals at the top, I'd say. Rousseau is not well liked around here, and maybe for good reason. To judge that, I suppose we'd have to look at the degree to which Western society accepted the ideals of the individuals involved. Rousseau and Hobbes appear to have 'lost', so to speak, because society turned away from absolutism and never even considered returning to the so-called natural state.
>>890128
>Locke and Rousseau are equals at the top
Locke and Voltaire, rather. My mistake.
The enlightenment was a cancerous mistake.
I'm looking for the best arguments that will help me decide which life aim is objectively more reasonable. This is dumbed down to an annoying level for most of you, I'm sure, but to be clear I'm torn between aiming to live a life where I:
A(comfortable hedonism): Focus on maximizing my current temporary life with frequent comfortable pleasures that feel fulfilling despite their futility in the grand scheme. (Smoke/drink, video games, sex, etc.)
OR
B(will to power): Focus on maximizing my abilities (power) for the future through tests of endurance, reading/learning which grant a type of satisfaction afterward, rather than during the act. (exercise, work a bunch, eat healthily)
Yes this proposition is full of pitfalls and obviously subject to the black and white fallacy. There is definitely overlap, but for the sake of argument I'd like to ignore those because I'd rather just be persuaded one way or the other.
Yes, technically you can have both, but I feel that one holds more value than the other in determining a balance, and I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a philosopher or writer that could best quell my inquiries on the matter.
Just aim for a balance of maximizing both at the same time.
I don't know shit about philosophers. How about Aristotle and his Golden Mean.
>>890083
Also, I like Erich Fromm, which shouldn't be very much liked around here (not as much a philosopher as other occupations, also not very autistic or a Nazi). In "To have or to be?" he argues a different way to live, without trying to maximize anything, but putting emphasis on living and experiencing life itself instead, but not necessarily in a hedonistic way.
>>890083
Will to power.
The recent HH peaked my interest. Any information or discussion would be appreciated
Are they underrated?
What's life like in Egypt and Bactria under the Achaemenid Persia?
>>890066
The recent what?
