Is mythology just exaggerated history?
>>561265
yes
>>561265
Some is exaggerated history, some is complete fabrication just to tell a story/prove a point.
>>561269
Thank you
It always seemed to me like myths are stories about real people and events that got way out of hand
>>561279
Interesting
As a fellow Chilean,what do you think about Fort Benning and how basically fucked up latinoamerica in general?
the USA was really, really, really worried the soviets were closely collaborating with workers parties and agitators across LA. They threw money, resources and other forms of assistance at any group with even vaguely similar goals of keeping socialists and communists out of LA. What groups might worry about the rising political power of democratic socialists? Well that's an easy question. Big Business and the rich, entrenched, ruling class. Maybe even some neo-fascists. So while the USA was certainly far too overeager and paranoid, they acted with at the very least tacit approval of other elements of society.
Why is the gdp of latin america so shit? It has clay, capitalism, cheap labor, no civil wars, et cetera. How come its still poor?
>>561303
Genes.
So your favorite museums / exhibits / experiences?
>>561150
American History Museum of Nashville is GOAT.
The philly museum of art has a great exhibit on arms and armor.
Even though Im not big into art, thats been one of my favorites so far.
Anyone been to the American Museum of Visionary Art in Baltimore? One of my favorite museums ever
Has this country ever done anything good?
>>561138
>good at picking the wrong side in wars
>good at dying at Mohács
>good porn
Paprika mate
>>561138
>Strongest European power in the 15th century
>kept Ottomans out from Europe with the Habsburg, while the country itself was divided into 3 parts
>were still able to resurrect itself
>has one of the most beautiful Eastern European city, Budapest
>lot of Hungarian scientist worked on the Manhattan project
>invented rubik's cube
>'56 revolution
>only capable country in the EU right now
Hungary has a rich history and culture
More like pic related! Also does anyone have any sources for stuff like this?
Which nation was stronger in their own time? Had there been more direct contact between Han China and Imperial Rome what would have happened to history as we know it? Who would win in a drunken brawl between empires?
>>560952
>Had there been more direct contact between Han China and Imperial Rome what would have happened to history as we know it?
A few more mildly interesting curios.
>Who would win in a drunken brawl between empires?
Like most drunken brawls, it would be sad, pathetic, and basically amount to both parties failing to achieve anything that could be called fighting, and getting all their friends in trouble.
fuck alternative history
>>560952
Is there something up with that map projection? I thought Europe was smaller than that relative to Asia.
Post all Byzantine fotos,info and other stuff involving the Byzantines
So, Irish /his/torians, are you pro-treaty or anti-treaty? I know the pro-treaty side won the Civil War, but who do you think was ultimately right in the long run?
I mean, Michael Collins said that the treaty was the stepping stone to freedom, and yet we still don't have the North.
What did the IRA and Michael Collins fight for then? Was it all so the British could go "here are your scraps of land, lads."
>>560573
Anti-treaty
yeooooo up da ra
>British
>feel like I should probably care about Ireland
>just can't give a shit no matter how hard I try
>>560598
But the British don't want Northern Ireland either.
The only reason NI is still in British hands is because the Unionists won't fucking let go and migrate to the U.K. already.
Was Mo Tzu underrated?
>pretty much rejected everything Confucianism stood for, which included adhering to elaborate rituals/traditions and tribalism
>created the first system of consequentialism way back in 500 BC which emphasized that actions were to be made in the effort to better the state (i.e. providing resources and necessities among the people.)
>had a practical and pragmatic approach to religion; heaven was a godlike figure that punished wrongdoers and rewarded good folk and if people believed in this than order could be brought upon the land
>believed in universal love: the idea that everyone should love everyone unconditionally as if they were related and show compassion for each other. If this doctrine were followed, he believed there would be no wars or fighting amongst people.
>strongly was against wars, but was not a pacifist, as he wrote chapters dedicated to defensive strategies. Probably his most famous act was that he once convinced a larger state not to attack a smaller state simply by talking them out of it.
Judging by the popularity of this thread, yes.
Speaking of Chinese religions/philosophies
Was Taoism ever a state religion or enforced offically or was it kind of just there influencing stuff passively?
>pretty much rejected everything Confucianism stood for, which included adhering to elaborate rituals/traditions and tribalism
Into the trash.
>'Consequentialism' as masquerade for gibsmedat.
Trash
>Extensionless deism.
Trash
>believed in universal love
Trash
>strongly was against wars, but was not a pacifist
Yeah you and every other solipsistic goober says that too ('hurr im slow to make friends, but if I do I'll fight to the death for them!' 'Hurr I'm not thing, but I am thing in every situation where you would be thing!')
Entirely unsurprised by how the same garbage beliefs seem to always come in the same packages everywhere in the world.
How much did the enlightenment change monarchies? Pic definitely related.
The enlightenment was a mistake.
>>560408
It changed in France, that's for sure :^)
>>560408
The monarch that was most influenced by Enlightenment ideas (after Frederich arguably) was Catherine the Great. She was not only an avid reader of philosophy but also was a personal friend of Voltaire who spent some time in Russia.
Catherine's Russia was also one of the main powers who took up arms against the Revolutionary regime in France, and hosted many prominent emigres and counter-revolutionary key figures.
You draw your own conclusions from this.
Should we identify with bodies or should we recognize them as vessels for our brains and see the face as a mask for manipulation?
Better question, how to we prevent autists from trying to do philosophy?
>2015+1
>not ignoring the cries of the flesh
>not living like a medieval monk and seeking spiritual salvation
Our bodies are just vehicles for the soul.
I'll start.
Good - pretty entertaining if you don't get involved with the petty arguments between the so-called experts.
Bad - any episodes involving guns. Examples like Spetnaz, IRA, etc. Boring stuff.
>>560284
Bad- It existed
Good- it was cancelled
>>560284
>Spetnaz
>Boring
American Green Beret detected.
bad-it was stupid
good-it was fun/it triggered the autism of most history fags
How much of the Roman Kingdom is mythology? How much is based on actual events?
Read Herodotus.
>>560218
Some of the the kings most certainly existed, even if they were twisted to fit a literary narrative. Its not even clear all the settlements named were real.
The Romans liked to think of their culture as continuous rather than something that developed over time, so they wrote elements into the past that probably were no there
>>560218
Twin brother thing is present in half of all Indo-European mythologies so I'd take that with a grain of salt.
Is there any merit to the philosophy of progressivism? Could it be true that human society has a certain linear path which it will always advance upon? Or is it just enlightenment bullshit?
>>560126
Define "human society"
Define "certain linear path"
Define "always advance"
Human societies tend to adapt to different circumstances.
The circumstances that humans exist under today are changing at a lightning pace.
There isn't an obvious, linear evolution, but simple logic dictates that our society must be able to adapt.
Mostly just Enlightenment bullshit. It's the easy to make mistake wherein a person sees not the fundamental character of thing but only it's ornamentation. Progressivism sees the technological advancements and what not which are, fundamentally, ornaments which can improve and relax what is at the heart of humanity but does not define it. At the heart is a sort of amorphous, highly capable thing which is unending in its complexity, the greatness of it being in evil and goodness. Which is all say, there's nothing new under the sun honestly, just different forms.
Was he the hero that Europe needed, but not the one it deserved?
>>560124
No. He was an asshole.
>>560124
The laurel and the fleur-de-lis I get, but what's up with the bee?
>>560142
The working class to bee themselves.
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