diversity of religion has popped up several times - here in the reign of akbar the great, for example huh. it seems religious tolerance isnt as novel as i'd previously believed.pic.twitter.com/BOwSXxfaX3
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diversity of religion has popped up several times - here in the reign of akbar the great, for example huh. it seems religious tolerance isnt as novel as i'd previously believed.pic.twitter.com/BOwSXxfaX3
hell of a question about Akbar's children: "Why is it that great men so often have mediocrities for their offspring?"pic.twitter.com/QXlbd1M2Tu
the cotton of India was a novelty to Herodotus he noted: "Certain wild trees there bear wool instead of fruit, which in beauty and quality excels that of sheep; and the Indians make their clothing from these trees."
"when the caste system dies, the moral life of India will undergo a long transition of disorder..." interesting prediction from this writing in the 1930s. I dont know enough abt Indian history to have an opinion abt how well it held up in the past 90 yrspic.twitter.com/sRTYHTvw1b
According to the Brahmins' Code of Manu, "The source of dishonor is woman; the source of strife is woman; the source of earthly existence is woman; therefore avoid woman." my goodness, kinda reads like a MGTOW screed
"india is currently following behind the west. but what if it's all never-ending cycles and the west will return to india's state? haha jk. unless...?
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(sorry for potato quality - power is out and I'm reading by headlamp. this seems vaguely portentious.)pic.twitter.com/lqSE5YHNtN
a constant drumbeat of this book: religion is pure cope, but it's cope that makes for strong societies. when attention turns from religion to philosophy, things come apart. iirc Durant was agnostic his whole life, but returned to catholicism before death. smth poignant here
i would like to read more about Durant himself his perspective on religion and philosophy seems like a major infohazard for a popular historical writer; with his view, it's hard to escape the conclusion that he is helping society come apart. how did he deal with this
I asked this question once to an economist who had a similar perspective on religion (and whom I quote in the opening of a paper of mine). As I recall he said something like "well religious people don't read econ journals so
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I was not quite satisfied with this answer.pic.twitter.com/ptaaCH3Bfi
heh yeah thats unsatisfying i wonder if a belief in the cyclical power of religion can serve as a substitute for object-level belief in a specific religion Durants view doesnt reconcile neatly with faith in a particular religion, but he reconciles with faith in faith itself
he wrote an imagined dialogue between Voltaire and Pope Benedict XIV as a postscript to The Age of Voltaire: "Epilogue in Elysium." this may be of special interest to you
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