Which school of philosophy do you belong to?
I don't.
>>463586
dropped out desu
>>463586
I'm part of the analytical tradition so I think for myself.
Just when did it all go so wrong?
>>453823
/pol/ will listen to your islam hate, just go there.
>British Empire
They're the reason India is fucked up
They're the reason Africa is currently facing internal strife
They're the reason the sick man of Europe died
>without taking back Constantinople
>1453 never forget
Depends on who you ask. A lot of the modern issues have to do with the fallout of the Ottoman collapse and mandate system after World War 1, but there are sectarian and ethnic issues that have been around longer (though many were exacerbated by the aforementioned transition.) The region has the misfortune of being very central to the old world, geographically, strategically, and culturally, in a way that lent it to constant upheaval, intervention, conflict and changing boundaries.
So....
How do we save Christmas in America?
Look, I think America has the best Christmas songs and Christmas movies (it's a fact really)
Americans also do good when it comes to going out to a Christmas tree farm and chopping down one to bring home, and Americans kids usually get fantastic presents and yaddda yadda
But, how do we get communities to collectively gather to participate in joined traditions that bounds communities together, like in Europe?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_traditions#Europe
Seriously dude, I want America to have the most heart warming Christmas on earth, by getting towns and cities across the nation to band together to participate in rituals and shit together.
There's of course choirs and ballets and plays that people go to sit down and see, but...What percent of Americans actually do that?
It's done in a way that encourages consumer spending and that's what is important.
Our country just isn't old enough to have deep traditions like Europe does. Ask again in a few centuries.
>>463024
Who's that black kid?
What doth life?
Why do you post that picture of a neckbeard? It is meant to discredit everything he says? I seriously doubt that man knows anything about philosophy. Like lives a simple life in Missouri, Lives with his mom and works a stable job at the local bottle factory. Likely never to get promoted but he's been there a while and gets the job done. Never had a girlfriend, occasionally gets into fights with his mom over it due to frustration. Father died when he was young. Goes to church with his mom but barely understands the sermon.
>>463017
projecting: the post
>>463048
When I look at this man, this is the life I see. I don't see him as a wall street investment banker working 80 hour+ weeks
Why isn't Phrenology or Physiognomy more accepted in the medical world? Is it political correctness and fear of racism? Because I do think there's a bit of truth in how our looks define us. It's a shame more studies aren't done.
>>462781
>I do think there's a bit of truth in how our looks define us
PHYSICAL TRAITS DO NOT DEFINE CHARACTER; PHYSICAL TRAITS ARE INDICATORS, NOT DETERMINANTS; TRAITS ARE CONSEQUENCES, NOT CAUSES.
>>462825
Recent studies have shown that positive canthal tilt in the eyes can indicate truthworriness. People have always had stereotypes of the looks of certain type of people. There must be some truth that should be researched. But it's too unethical because lack of free will.
>>462781
>Why isn't alchemy more accepted in the chemist world?
If you can't name at least five of the people in this picture, you need to get off /his/ and read some books.
Even the Pope? Good Lord. There's fucking everybody.
Except for Cleveland. USA can't into relevancy.
>>462701
I've only got 4. Which book do I read first?
>>462765
You mean Chester Arthur? Far right.
Any great films with philosophers/philosophy? Wondering if there's anything worth to watch on Socrates, I google'd a few movies, but the reviews are sparse, and often negative.
My Dinner With Andre
Manufacturing Consent is entry level but fun to watch.
Donald is right.
Though that doesn't mean you inherently and shouldn't value something, someone, anyone, anything and have to be a nihilistic fag.
What are the ingredients required for a fanatical society?
Insecurity, dogma, authority not being questioned, lack of empathy
Losing a war and being recorded in history.
>>462147
>Insecurity
my favourite meme
>if we imagine ourselves in Times Square on a busy Monday morning, let's say you have an innate knowledge of the walking speed and masses of every individual in the area - would it be possible to predict where everyone would be going based on this data alone? The clear answer is no, the individuals are following the rulesets of their consciousness, higher-order laws that only pertain to the the complex molecular and electrochemical constructs we call life. Thus we see that the intentionality of consciousness cannot be predicted or sufficiently described by any lower order formulas
>Another way to illustrate this distinction with matter and matter that is conscious is an examination of the two broad types of problems that assail human beings. One is a convergent problem - these relate to the dead aspect of matter where the ambiguities of life and consciousness do not interfere. The more people investigate them, such as, what does 1 + 1 equal, the more answers converge on a single solution. The opposite type of problems are divergent. These are problems of the human sphere. What is good government? How do we best educate our children? The more people ask them, the more people tend to diverge or disagree on the solution. Mathematics, the formulas of physics and chemistry are toothless here. These are problems that relate to self-awareness, to subjective states of experience. In summary, consciousness is not reducible to the descriptions of non-living physical systems
What say you, /his/?
If we know everything there is to know about each individual, you could predict their movements and destinations with a fair share of certainity.
>>462124
Speed and distance of feet have nothing to do with consciousness.
If you knew they were hungry or wearing a suit and the time and whatnot, then it becomes a bit easier. Add food preferences, and it narrows down further.
How do we get this data? Ask google.
Why haven't you read this yet.
Because there are more relevant books than the fedora bible.
>>462062
Cos /his is full if religitards. Even more so than /b
>>462069
Darwin was a Christian
anyone who is into hema (historical european martial arts)
and has some experience with weapons ?
In short my gf does hema and since her birthday is coming up I want to give her a sharp bastard sword that doesn't fall apart and looks nice.
or a really good looking one hander (maybe a saxon sword since it's related to her country more)
Where could I get one ?
Any swords you can recommend ?
I hope this is relevant to this board but I can't think of any others more relevant
from which side of atlantic ocean? or does that matter?
>>461907
As long as they ship to central yurop it's doesn't matter much
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>>461914
https://www.battlemerchant.com/
Your parents have remortgaged their house to give you the opportunity of going to NYU. You're extremely excited about your new life and sophisticated social milieu. Your friends went to Amherst to get an intimate teaching experience but you know that being in New York will put you in contact with all of the world's leading thinkers.
It's your first day in the interesting looking course you took in the German department. You get to class with your empty notebooks. The students in the front row are carrying umbrellas, no doubt for their avant-garde art projects. A homeless man is sitting in the classroom. Less bohemian institutiona would have escorted him out but clearly this is a group which respects the class struggle. What a place to be!
Suddenly you realise the hobo is the lecturer.
>"Eef you don't geev me *sniff* any of your sheety papers, you get an A!"
What do?
>le sniffly slovenian man
>your parents remortgage their house to let you study philosophy
Fuck the humanities
Why have Baltic countries never developed anything like a confederation or at least a loose alliance?
I know you want to group them because they have a similar size, and it would look cute, but one of those have very little to do with the other 2. Just take a look where the capital cities are located and you will understand.
>>461884
So is it because Lithuania was Slavs' bitch while Estonia and Latvia wanted some of that sweet Hanseatic dosh?
They tried between WW1 and 2 but it didn't took off. I know it's wiki but I don't know a lot about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Entente
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarium
>Deutsch
>German
>Allemande
>Heмeцкий
>Tysk
>Saksan
Why did people come up with so many fucking names for Germans?
Because typically when a place has their own language, they will make up a name for a country's people. You could say that for any country.
Because Germany is a social construct.
>>461748
But you don't have this divergence with other peoples:
>Francais
>French
>Francese
>Фpaнцyзcкий
>franska
>English
>Englisch
>Anglais
>aнглийcкий
etc etc
Is the monotheism the euthanasia of the human logic?
I'm from Italy (so sorry for the poor english), a country historically Christian, so I was raised with the principles of Christianity and theology was part of my education until the end of the middle school.
They always told me that the Hebraism was such a "revolutionary" religion because it was the first one (maybe it is not true) to be monotheist.
My question is: what's so revolutionary about monotheism?
As our society teaches, I think that is way more rational to imagine a "pantheon" of gods with specific jobs, instead of an omnipotent god that runs alone the entire industry.
Not to mention the pradoxical nature of the concept of omnipotence, which can't be solved without fall into the "limitation of human knowledge" (I think everyone knows about the paradox of God and the rock that can't be raised.).
Poseidon, for example, is an extremely powerful entity, but his power doesn't hurt my logic when I think of it because it is limited to the sea and his phenomena.
Paganism is even more fair when applied to everyday life because of the belief that gods can be present in humanity's life. I can pray Asclepius to get better health, but what's the purpose of praying God when He cannot intervene in our lives?
My task is not to disrespect any religion or any of you, so please don't feel offended.
I actually believe this as my view of what is more "logical" when it comes to gods and religions and stuff. It sounds kinda new-agey but I think that the Gods of antiquity are really powerful spirits who have influence over some part of the natural world, maybe beings from another plane of existence, boddhisatvas if you will, and we can do rituals or prayers to them for favors. Makes much more sense to me than an all-powerful uber God who will set you on fire forever for not following his religion and all the other illogical madness of monotheism.
It enables objective morality
>Is the monotheism the euthanasia of the human logic?
No, it's the euthanasia of optionality. The whole point about paganism is that there are always more gods than you consider, which makes people much more weary about nonsense like singular, linear solutions to complex problems
