#Philosophers

Marcus Aurelius 26 April 121 – 17 March 180 was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as
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100 years ago, World War I and the Spanish Flu together claimed ~100M lives.At a time when the world was in tatters, Guccio Gucci began to stitch together a business
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It's not wrong—not entirely—to read Nietzsche as the ultimate "self-help guru," on an individual and group level. "Chicken soup for the soul writ large," as it were. Nietzsche demands that
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Thread on the achievements of the Muslims throughout history and facts which you may not have known. As a student of Islamic history I've come across knowledge they would never
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If you're going to read the Cofnas piece on "Woke Twitter Mobs" in Quillette, I suggest you use the link I'll provide to avoid giving them clicks, & that you
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Mithraism vs. the world:This episode: Plagiarism by Christianity, a thread: This thread will cover practices, biblical passages, belief systems and cosmology that Christianity plagiarized from the Mithraic Europa. When Christianity
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I've been going through some old China photos that make me smile, and wanted to start a thread here to share them with you all. I'll be posting ~1 per
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"A very important phone call" #Inktober #Inktober2019 #Brexit #ring "So wake me up when it's all over" #Inktober #Inktober2019 #Brexit #mindless "We fell for it - hook, line and sinker"
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ok fuck it balance relisten thread griffin losing his shit that thb are choosing to not remember the red robe / barry. god. barry must have been suffering so
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Dionysus never actually existed, but could be interacted with as though he did, because the "negative space" left by Zagreus' death echoed in the presence of the other Olympians as
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This is just a small diversion, inspired by Borges’ story, “The Covered Mirrors”https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/avatars/ Islam tells us that on the unappealable day of judgement, all who have perpetrated images of liv
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The best aircraft names are of course those that tell you exactly what they're going to do. Spitfire? Excellent!Avenger? Yeah, let's go avenge!Fireball? Sorry sir. Washing my hair that day,
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The idea of convergent instrumental goals is a concept popularized by Omohundro and Bostrom. It means that, regardless of one’s ultimate goals, certain sub-goals are universal, are “instrumental” to the
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Oh no it's happening... With the Hades game giving us that yummy patrochilles content, the inevitable return of "The Song of Achilles" fandom is happening... and I just know purity
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You should know about Brunello Cucinelli.He's the billionaire founder of a $450 million fashion brand. His company is valued at more than €1.6 billion, and it's fueled by his radical
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1/ New Bookshelves!!Added some of my favorite philosophers, scientists, and business legends: @moritzKBE, Martin Luther King Jr, David Foster Wallace, Jim Chanos, Alan Turing, @billgates @barackobama @jeffbezos, Alan Kay, @seanmcarroll
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