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Fri Jun 19 12:13:13 +0000 2020

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Jaffer22915438 The Roman army rule: action removes fear. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 19, 2020 Hibernated

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Maria Mavroudi's lecture For those not familiar w/her work: Byzantium got bad press during the enlightenment because 1)Christian, 2)Autocracy, 3)For Western Bleached Barbarian (WBB, my term) supremacism, "Rome"=German Holy R Empire Intellectual contributions dismissed by the WBB https://t.co/TR89qDSYbL — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 19, 2020 Hibernated

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The Byzantines were considered part of the East (in France, "les orientaux"). Same with Gibbon who was allergic to "Asian" mores and love of luxury . Example: Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy: https://t.co/HCisNz9aup — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 19, 2020 Hibernated

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