History lessons in school should just focus on this book, and let nature take care of the rest. Give kids something to aspire to. I'm from Belgium, by country basically exists because of Napoleon, but we didn't talk about Napoleon the man at all in history lessons. It was all boring sterile "process history" where great men don't do anything but history is moved by innumerable unquantifiable tiny social processes. I can't think of anything more detrimental and depressing to the average teenager looking for meaning in life.
>late capitalist alienation
lol, socialism thrives on precisely the type of apersonal historiography individuals-don't-do-anything worldview I just described. Hegel practically invented it. Capitalist Randian heroes like captains of industry at least give someone something to aspire to.
At least if you can dedicate your life to emulating Alexander or get some motivation out of Caesar's life story you're not being inundated with drivel like "you're just a worthless individual in the great stream of historical processes and the Geist gradually unfolding itself with or without your existence" nihilism
>and then everyone clapped
He did it class! He said the marxism!
A gold star for anon!
>post doesn't mention capitalism >throw an incel tantrum about it anyway
Why are you like this and why aren't you getting therapy for it?
Have any of you actually read Plutarch? Does he recommend capitalism as an ideology of heroes? Or do characters like Solon and Lycurgus specifically reject money and trade as degenerate arts?
8 months ago
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Jesus Christ dude, that's not the point
8 months ago
Anonymous
My point is that 3 spergs had a spazz attack at the mention of anti-captialism in this thread. I am showing that as a moron response considering Plutarch himself would disagree.
8 months ago
Anonymous
The Belgian guy was talking about Great Man history, your mention of (anti)capitalism had literally zero to do with anything and derailed the thread
8 months ago
Anonymous
It wasn’t me who originally mentioned capitalism, but the Belgian guy seems filled with resentment about liberal history and public education. Seems related to capitalism if you are not a small minded moron.
8 months ago
Anonymous
They weren’t spazzing out because they’re capitalists; they just think your knee-jerk reaction of bringing capitalism into this thread about Plutarch is moronic.
8 months ago
Anonymous
Either way, all I see is three freaks who haven’t read Plutarch spazzing out about something.
8 months ago
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Plutarch would have been an anti-capitalist, because he would have been unable to imagine his life without slaves.
8 months ago
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He would recognize that the “winners” in such a system are soulless and devoid of virtue and the rest of the populace is enslaved.
8 months ago
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Plutarch was a country bumpkin from chaeronea who was noted for carrying out his own menial household affairs, even after acquiring renown and high status.
>and then everyone clapped
He did it class! He said the marxism!
A gold star for anon!
>late capitalist alienation
lol, socialism thrives on precisely the type of apersonal historiography individuals-don't-do-anything worldview I just described. Hegel practically invented it. Capitalist Randian heroes like captains of industry at least give someone something to aspire to.
At least if you can dedicate your life to emulating Alexander or get some motivation out of Caesar's life story you're not being inundated with drivel like "you're just a worthless individual in the great stream of historical processes and the Geist gradually unfolding itself with or without your existence" nihilism
Not OP but I enjoyed this translation the best. I don’t know anything about latin but this translation flowed better to me than some of the others which had chunkier seemingly more direct phrase translations.
Has anyone read his essay on Superstition? I enjoyed it, however he gives a pisspoor solution to the problem eloquently outlined. Or maybe I’m just a pseud
Yes
Why? Is it that good?
"A Bible for heroes" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
History lessons in school should just focus on this book, and let nature take care of the rest. Give kids something to aspire to. I'm from Belgium, by country basically exists because of Napoleon, but we didn't talk about Napoleon the man at all in history lessons. It was all boring sterile "process history" where great men don't do anything but history is moved by innumerable unquantifiable tiny social processes. I can't think of anything more detrimental and depressing to the average teenager looking for meaning in life.
Not convinced making a bunch of teenagers read Plutarch is the solution to late capitalist alienation you seem to think it is
>late capitalist alienation
lol, socialism thrives on precisely the type of apersonal historiography individuals-don't-do-anything worldview I just described. Hegel practically invented it. Capitalist Randian heroes like captains of industry at least give someone something to aspire to.
At least if you can dedicate your life to emulating Alexander or get some motivation out of Caesar's life story you're not being inundated with drivel like "you're just a worthless individual in the great stream of historical processes and the Geist gradually unfolding itself with or without your existence" nihilism
Have any of you actually read Plutarch? Does he recommend capitalism as an ideology of heroes? Or do characters like Solon and Lycurgus specifically reject money and trade as degenerate arts?
Jesus Christ dude, that's not the point
My point is that 3 spergs had a spazz attack at the mention of anti-captialism in this thread. I am showing that as a moron response considering Plutarch himself would disagree.
The Belgian guy was talking about Great Man history, your mention of (anti)capitalism had literally zero to do with anything and derailed the thread
It wasn’t me who originally mentioned capitalism, but the Belgian guy seems filled with resentment about liberal history and public education. Seems related to capitalism if you are not a small minded moron.
They weren’t spazzing out because they’re capitalists; they just think your knee-jerk reaction of bringing capitalism into this thread about Plutarch is moronic.
Either way, all I see is three freaks who haven’t read Plutarch spazzing out about something.
Plutarch would have been an anti-capitalist, because he would have been unable to imagine his life without slaves.
He would recognize that the “winners” in such a system are soulless and devoid of virtue and the rest of the populace is enslaved.
Plutarch was a country bumpkin from chaeronea who was noted for carrying out his own menial household affairs, even after acquiring renown and high status.
>and then everyone clapped
He did it class! He said the marxism!
A gold star for anon!
>post doesn't mention capitalism
>throw an incel tantrum about it anyway
Why are you like this and why aren't you getting therapy for it?
Marxism is a religion of resentment.
It’s so good
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Is this the best translation
Not OP but I enjoyed this translation the best. I don’t know anything about latin but this translation flowed better to me than some of the others which had chunkier seemingly more direct phrase translations.
Has anyone read his essay on Superstition? I enjoyed it, however he gives a pisspoor solution to the problem eloquently outlined. Or maybe I’m just a pseud