#Philosophers

Christians often say they 'civilized' the world. Who civilized Christianity? Greece and Rome. Polytheistic Pagan cultures. What did Christians do in turn? Appropriated their entire civilization & made a mockery
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Let's do this! You voted to read about "food as race, diet racism" so that's what this thread is abouthttps://twitter.com/KivanBay/status/1043412823798296576 So, I'm going to start by sharing a long quote
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#Thread on “UNDERSTANDING HINDUISM 2” If you haven’t read the 1st part of it, please read it and then only read this one.As, I’ve mentioned earlier that Hinduism has 12
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The following thread expresses my criticism of an element of Strauss’ thought that has long gnawed at me. These are speculations, mind you. Please don’t hold back in your criticism,
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This video and its responses have been going viral today, but as someone who has lightly studied the history & philosophy of math, I have to say, these are absolutely
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This is a thread about apples. Which is fitting, as today is...APPLE DAY 2020Let's start at the beginning. Where did our first apples come from? After all they're not native
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A thread outlining what I take to be the strongest arguments for occasionalism, the dominant Islamic view of causality. /1 Occasionalism is the view that for every event - ie
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(1/n) Many fake things are going around about Sati and jauhar by these idiots, in this thread I am going to bust the myths about them from historical perspective.{THREAD}https://twitter.com/SyedMaj31697545/status/1309572573123010561 (2/n)
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IQ THREAD! IQ THREAD!! IQ THREAD!!!I'LL ASK RANDOM INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS, AND YOU'LL PROVIDE ANSWERS! LET'S HAVE FUN! 1. Form 8 English words from IRREPLACEABLE. 2. Mention
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The Iranian Golden Age was an era in medieval history where ethnic Iranians all over the Middle East and Central Asia dominated scholarly fields such as medicine, philosophy, poetry, astronomy,
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Thread on the (unfinished) history of interpretations of quantum physics, summarizing what I learned from the book What is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by
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There has been much debate about whether the battle against the Covid-19 crisis or the economy should come first. This debate is misguided and unhelpful. A thread... Fundamentally, our objectives
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I’m watching the Harry Potter movies for the first time in more or less ten years and yes before you ask I will be live tweeting the whole time No
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Should one delete one's Facebook profile? This is a difficult ethical question, not one with an easy solution and it highlights the problems of private ownership of public goods -
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Book Thread: The Lessons of History by Will DurantAn incredible short book which has remained with me ever since I read it a few years back.Quotes in this thread are
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This is such a predictable outcome of the notion that you are your thoughts and your thoughts have a 1:1 relationship with the reality outside your skull.If you have a
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