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Is it still possible in today's world to become a full fledged polymath or master of all trades, such as the "Renaissance Man" ideal?
>>515569
No. The creation of social specialisation largely in the 19th century prevents this.
>>515569
Depends on how you define "master" and "all trades". It's perfectly possible to be skilled in various different fields, but to be a master of everything?
>>515586
>prevent this
I don't know shit about his internal reign of Japan. Was this guy a decent to okay leader with his domestic policy and control of the military? Should he had let his younger brother take the throne? Why was Japan dead set on having their emperor still in charge/royal family not touched o during the Allies call of unconditional surrender? Is he held in high regards today?
Was he MacArthur's bitch? Enlighten me /his/
>>512037
He had a lot more to do with the war then they let on. They refused to surrender unless "the nation's continued existance was guaranteed", "the nation" meaning the royal family... the rest of Japan was still just property of the royals...
Anyway after the war they worked hard to make it seem like the Emperor and Imperial family were just innocent tools of the militarists and made sure they stayed in control... the US decided to help them with this charade because they needed Japan because...
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>>512235
Did Japan have any hopes of restoring the royal family to its former status? I mean what's the point of keeping the royal family alive if in the end they aren't going to be in charge anymore except in name?
Also based Australians when it comes to having Hirohito hung.
>>512037
>Was this guy a decent to okay leader with his domestic policy and control of the military?
Good lord, no. Hirohito might be the worst ruler in Japanese history.
>Should he had let his younger brother take the throne?
Absolutely. Hirohito's refusal to abdicate was the central act that deformed post-war Japanese political culture. Because of that, anything goes, and anything has gone, for 70 years.
>Why was Japan...
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>tfw will never travel in a zeppelin
1930s were classy af
AESTHETIC
>>510755
>art deco/streamline modern will never return
Well /his/, this awe inspiring lost wonder of the world was just brought up to my attention as of recently.
The Colossus was the representative wealth and power as well as the artistic ability of Rhodian Greeks. Besides its size and honoring the ancient Greeks God Helios and its subsequent destruction in due to an Earthquake in 226 BC. The Prophets of Delphi discouraged the statues reconstruction.
What are /his/torians opinion about its potential reconstruction of this lost Wonder of the Ancient World?
>What are /his/torians opinion about its potential reconstruction of this lost Wonder of the Ancient World?
>>521226
> The Prophets of Delphi discouraged the statues reconstruction.
Maybe there was a reason for this? Enjoy killing your father and bedding your mother just because you want to build a statue with a giant 50 foot dong.
>>521226
>... this awe inspiring lost wonder of the world [THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES] was just brought up to my attention as of recently.
HOW IGNORANT, AND/OR HOW YOUNG ARE YOU?
Why haven't any renowned philosophers challenged any of these meme preachers?
>>520966
Scientism is a tough shell to crack desu senpai
>>520966
because no one cares
>>520966
How can a philosopher prove evolution and the Big Bang wrong?
My faith in democracy is wavering, /his/. Convince me that it works using history and philosophy.
Or don't. Feel free to push me over the edge instead.
It works...for what it's intended to do.
>>520439
Politics is the art of bribing powerful people. No matter the system of governance, this is the form it will take. Jobs, resources, money, armies, all of it needs to be distributed to certain ends. A good ruler (even and abstract one) effectively appeals to their interests most accurately. A bad one grossly misunderstands where interests and power actually lie in society.
Democracies are effective because they are the most organized, direct and quickly responsive systems of dealing with shifting power and interests....
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So art becomes art because someone says it is? Then can art become art in retrospect, like say, imagine this painting, the author decided it wasn't art, and a few days later he changed his mind. Does it really change from non-art to art at a whim?
>>519353
Art becomes Art in retrospect all the time. Though it doesn't usually hinge on the intentionality of the object's creator.
There are, obviously, lots of competing views on what "Art" is but it is a consistently fluid category. At the very least it is expansive, such that non-Art objects can become Art objects.
>>519383
>Art becomes Art in retrospect all the time.
Explain.
This is art
Why none of the nuclear powers pushed zhe button yet?
Especially in the Cold War
>>519255
Because that button kills everything
>>519259
Realistically speaking it does not
Also there was a bunch of bunkers and im sure there was plans to preserve forces to countinue the fight after a MAD scenario
>>519267
>preserve forces to countinue the fight after a MAD scenario
for what purpose? You really after MAD the countries would even care about eachother?
Who would win in a fight between samurai and viking?
Viking's horned helmet and berserker rage would be an advantage but in the end of the day samurai had a katana which is well known to be the best sword in history and he was way faster so my money's on him.
>>519224
> falling for the horned helmet bait
>>519220
What is this? Some JRPG?
>Greatest warrior culture
>Not Goths
Why is /his/ so retarded?
>>518559
how would society be different if animals and humans could communicate and animals would beg for mercy before being slaughtered for food? how would gender roles be affected by this?
>>518620
Uhh What?
>>518637
i mean its a pretty straightforward question..
Slovenian castles thread?
Slovenian castles thread!
What is worth living for?
>>517099
Your desires, whatever they are.
>>517099
>>517099
Dying
Is it true that without conflict, there is no progress?
>>516545
I would say so, yes.
I'd say no don't be silly. Unless you have a loose definition of conflict.
>>516545
Birds lose the ability to fly in an environment without predators.
Realistically speaking, conflict is probably helpful to, but not a necessity for progress.
I just realized that I have virtually no idea about Russian weaponry and armor in the late medieval and later the early to middle renaissance.
For example I don't even know if Russian plate armor existed or if they used pike formations like in central Europe.
Can you give me a short briefing, fellow anon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7-EwEpl2Kk
>>514598
Sure thing. In the early 15'th (~1400/20) century russians were still using old slavic levies which consisted of basicaly serfs called to arms and asked to bring anything they could. Such levies usually had no armor and were wielding pole-arm weapons,hand axes and bows. In addition to these levies their nobility fought like boyars. Boyars were basicaly russian knights of that period but with a twist. The boyars had fine light or medium armour so they could retain high mobility. As weapons they used a spear,sword...
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>>514598
The Muscowites were the first state to start the military reformation. Their main goal was defeating the Mongols and their military thhinking was based on that. This is the middle of the 15'th century (~1450)
They still used serf levies but that mostly carried pole arms called bardiches. These
bardiches were similar to helbards but varied in shape and lenght. The word is used to describe any pole-arm with an axe and a pike. Such units ware far more suited for fighting cavalry charges but were still unorganized...
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Post your favourite propaganda posters /his/.
