Why were Semitic and Indo-European polytheism so similar to each other?
>>425718
because polytheism is highly syncretic
Because it was based on the same everyday reality.
>>425739
/thread
Are mathematics vital (or at least Important) to understanding philosophy and knowing the truth?Discuss
P.S By truth is meant knowledge that could be characterised at fact
A strong knowledge of math and statistic are imperative to an objective perspective on philosophy
It shouldn't all be objective but you need to have a strong consideration for objectivity or else you will be producing sheer opinions
>>425728
Thank you for your contribution to tbe discussion but could you enlighten us with regard to your opinion?
You're made commander of the French Army in 1914.
What would you change? What would you do differently when the July Crisis arises and the Great War subsequently breaks out?
>>425374
>What would you change?
I'd not have gotten involved in the war.
Of course that is an ez pz answer. I'd invest much more heavily in howitzers. Not just Mademoiselle Soixante-Quinze.
I'd also make this book mandatory reading.
http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Wind-Colonel-Bruchmuller-Artillery/dp/0275947505
(Or at least attempt to teach the lessons from it)
>What would you do differently when the July Crisis arises and the Great War subsequently breaks out?
I would revise plan 17. We need more defensive fires. Mo trenches, mo machine guns, mo artillery. By not losing the main coal and iron producing regions of France early in the war, I'd make France's war effort go much smoother.
This will be an industrial war, not a quick war. Coming to the battle with that attitude will do more to help than anything.
Use our elan for spirited counter-offensives to retake critical terrain if captured by the enemy.
Appoint Marshal Fayolle as my chief of staff.
Pic related will be our savior
>>425374
>What would you change?
Absolutely nothing, because every general would have a crying fit the moment I tried to do anything. Assuming they don't have their head stuck up their ass, I would start designing tanks, gas masks, and giving proper fucking uniforms to the troops instead of bright blue shit.
>>425734
>i'd create new technologies faster than they appeared in reality !!!11
Video games: the post
What are souls?
babby don't hurt me
>>424711
Certainly not what that picture seems to suggest, I'll tell you that.
Not all parts of a man can be seen and touched by other human beings. For instance, your mind cannot be seen or touched. The thoughts you think, that float around inside your head, cannot be touched by another human being in the same form they are to you. You can communicate those thoughts, but the thoughts they get from hearing this communication are their thoughts, and are not the same as the thought you attempted to communicate.
In the same way, a man's spirit is another part of himself that cannot be seen or touched. It is a part that stretches out from the part of space and time that we can perceive. It is the part that reaches up into the Divine, the Eternal. It is the part of you through which the Creator communicates. It also can touch the spirits of others. Like a muscle, it can be strengthened with use, although in most people today it is atrophied. To learn how to use it, you must quiet all other areas of your body and try. Just pray and pray and pray, and you will eventually learn how to use this part of you.
>>424767
I just crank my spirit up to maximum power while I'm sitting on the toilet. I'm not sure what you are making so much fuss about, it isn't that hard.
>muh globalism
>muh trade
>muh spread of islam
>muh pony express
>people think that the mongols were a net positive to humanity
>muh no real point just a collection of words with muh and condescension chevrons in front
>>424006
The mongols just went around playing a game of conquer shit land and get the biggest empire by ruling over a desert.
b-but muh religious tolerance!
Why was Agincourt such a shitshow?
>>423068
France cant, and never could into war
>>423068
Go to /tg/ and the the Osprey pdf hookup.
>>423068
Because the French all wanted a piece of the action and be the first to fight in what would be a great victory, the completely left behind the thousands of crossbowmen and common soldiers and went charging off.
Because the soil around Azincourt is sticky, even on a mild day. The field had been deeply ploughed and churned up even more by the cavalry components horses warming up, so they were marching into a sticky quagmire.
The French chose the battlefield which could have been a massive advantage, but both sides just sort of stood around until the English took the initiative and moved closer, making the French now fight on their terms.
A classic case of terrain trumping numbers. There were more French than English, but they couldn't all fit on the quite narrow field, funnelling them into a small space where their numbers actually proved a disadvantage.
Also letting agents scout, with all the French battle plans, be captured and then not changing the plan. That was a crap idea too.
>Columbus is evil because he killed and enslaved people and shouldn't be celebrated
>the natives that killed and enslaved people should be celebrated instead
can somebody explain to me the logic behind this?
Haven't heard anyone say we should celebrate the natives
>>422614
he didn't just enslave people.
He drew up the entire plans for the intercontinental slave trade while sailing in the Caribbean.
>>422626
wheres this come from?
Why Polygamy isn't accepted in majority of world?
Insecurity
>>422000
Because throughout the bulk of human history, you had more men than women in most societies, death in childbirth was ubiquitous and very, very frequent.
You did get some counterbalance in the form of things like war and working accidents, which tended to hit men more than women, but most societies don't have enough of that to compensate for the fact that almost every woman would get pregnant several times during her life.
So if you already have more men than women, concentrating mating rights towards a sub-set of men just isn't that reproductively efficient and it's going to generate a shit ton of social unrest as more and more men can't get laid.
Hence, uncommon.
Does /his/ agree that communism is the worst thing that can possibly happen to a nation?
pic unrelated
Worst economic system. Capitalism mixed with socialism would have to be the best.
>>420666
A theocracy would be worse imho, but yeah, gommunism is shit tier. Try Anarchism, it doesn't work either, but it is way more fun.
Tell me about the history of lesbians, /his/
Who were some famous historical lesbians? Pre-modern history, that is
>>420357
The people of lesbos weren't particularly historically important. Modern lesbianism developed in the 1970s in the United States and United Kingdom.
Stop anachronistically backprojecting.
>>420357
We don't know much since the large majority of history was centered on men
>>420366
>Modern lesbianism developed in the 1970s in the United States and United Kingdom.
hahaha what the fuck
How many historical figures were paedophiles?
Muhammed is the only one I can think of.
>>418901
Mao Tse-Tung and Kim Il-Sung.
>>418901
I would have to search for it, but i'm sure there were a few among the Greeks, Romans, Ottomans, and Chinese.
Lewis Carrol and John Ruskin.
>>418909
sauce?
What is Jesus thinking about?
"Judas didn't betray me, John did"
"I think I've made a mistake."
How to destroy the Roman Empire
Geography general: A thread for maps, cartography, GIS, human geography, historical geography, cultural geography, regional geography, critical geography, pomo geography, if it involves space and place and maps it's all fair game
>tfw haven't read a geography textbook that doesn't begin with "environmental determinism is pure evil"
It's a valid fucking explanation, not a "racist eurocentric discourse".
how does i into mapping?
>>406260
Based Eratosthenes
Map is actually impressive considering this was more than 2000 years ago.
What does /his/ think about Jung?
I think he's a pretty cool guy. eh interprets dreams and doesn't afraid of anything
>>427662
Indispensable to understanding modern psychology.
I've read pic related. I was introduced to Jung through Joseph Campbell like most I'd assume. I found his theories of the collective unconscious very fascinating and his interpretations of dream and alchemical symbolism has been a godsend in understanding my own dreams
Is population growth essential for a functioning economy?
I am just a layman, but I had a discussion with my friend about the subject. He claimed that population growth is just unnecessary while I claimed population growth is beneficial, which is partly why immigration to Europe is so big.
What does /his/ have to say?
What is the caption of the original OP pic again?
Or pls post.
No, it's completely unecessary. In fact, population decline makes for higher wages and higher standards of living.
My concerns with population growth driven by immigration is where does it stop?
The excuse used to justify it is that population growth for the native population in most Western countries has fallen below the replacement rate since the '60s/'70s. Therefore need young immigrants to work and directly/indirectly support aging populations
But assuming that those young immigrants (or their offspring) assimilate towards Western reproductive norms, and themselves decide they'd much rather have 1-2 kids or no kids at all, what happens then?
Who will we then import to replace aging first/second generation immigrants?
