One of the HUGE aspects that you see taken away from the World Wars and Cold War is that fascism, capitalism and communism wasn’t only a war of economic systems, but all three were fighting for their definition of what the human species should look like. Most people understand that the Germans had an eugenics […]
Category Archives: General History
The Rebirth Of The City State With Space Exploration
The ancient City States of Renaissance Italy or Ancient Greece (much different animals than the overpopulated cesspools of the East) had a population of several thousands (say five to thirty thousand). Space exploration might force this new dynamic as populations of these similar numbers venture out, never to return to earth, with little to no […]
Henrikin Surma (“The Slaying of Henry”)
The first blows of the horns would ring early in the morning in a village near Lake Köyliö in south western Finland. The alarm would sound for all and indicate it’s time to start the daily routine. The year was 1152, and these heathens had never know another life. While there is hierarchy in all […]
Thoughts on Kant
Thoughts on Kant By Eugene Sheely “…in his contemptuous catalogue of the useless dreamers and impostors of the world he [Napoleon Bonaparte] placed with confidence the name of Kant.” Napoleon, by H.A.L Fisher If we were to summarize Kant’s work at the risk of oversimplifying it we could say that overall Kant searched for universal […]
Thoughts on Aristotles Virtues
My interpretation of Aristotle’s virtue based on my readings and lectures it that since there seems to be a happy mean in achieving good performance, the performance of virtue must also be a happy medium (the myth of Icarus comes to mind, fly to low and you’ll fall, fly too high and your wings will […]
No Coward Soul is Mine
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere: I see Valhalla’s glories shine and strength shines equal, arming me from fear. Wotan within my breast, All-father, ever-present Deity! Life – that in me has rest, As I – undying life – have power in Thee!
Thoughts on Realism with Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan has always seemed to me a prime example of Realpolitik despite never being associated as such. Not only in the organization of the army, legal system and carriers, but in overall military decisions. The Mongolians were very few in number, riding into faraway lands. When they took over a Muslim city they couldn’t […]