Rifkin the Historian
HUSTLE! The Lesser Known Wisdom Of Benjamin Franklin
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on November 1, 2021
Image by WikiImages from Pixabay Benjamin Franklin was one of the most quotable men in history. Everyone knows his famous sayings like “God helps them ... Read more
Quest For The Source Of Lost Knowledge
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on August 14, 2021
By Benozzo Gozzoli – http://www.ritosimbolico.net/studi2/studi2061.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12619307 The Council of Ferrara-Florence, held from 1438 to 1445 in, not surprisingly, the Italian cities of Ferrara ... Read more
H.G. Wells – Metaphysical Socialist
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on July 12, 2021
By Wings Publishing / Allen Anderson – http://www.philsp.com/mags/sf_tuv.html#two_complete_science_adventure_books, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45588853 H G Wells was a committed socialist whose political writing influenced, among other things, ... Read more
Origins Of The Belief In Demonic Sex
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on June 26, 2021
By Henry Fuseli – The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151185 The belief ... Read more
What Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Can Teach Us About Reentering The World After A Year Of Isolation
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on June 18, 2021
https://www.greeka.com In the ancient Greek epic “The Odyssey,” Homer’s hero, Odysseus, describes the wild land of the Cyclops as a place where people don’t gather ... Read more
What It Was Really Like Being A Follower Of Pythagoras? Pretty Wild
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on January 24, 2021
By Raphael – This file has been extracted from another file: "The School of Athens" by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64222774 A2 ... Read more
Nazi Philosophers, World War I, And The Grand Wisdom Hypothesis
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on November 24, 2020
Derivative Images Let’s think about Nazis. Nazism is an excellent test case of the Grand Wisdom Hypothesis, since pretty much everyone now agrees that Nazism ... Read more
Could Be Worse: The French Werewolf Epidemic
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on October 15, 2020
Image by Pablo Elices from http://Pixabay.com So before you start to think I’ve completely lost my mind, you should know a 67-page academic paper on ... Read more
Lash Yourself To The Mast
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on September 23, 2020
Odysseus and the Sirens https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ulysses_and_the_Sirens_by_H.J._Draper.jpg#/media/File:Ulysses_and_the_Sirens_by_H.J._Draper.jpg public domain During Odysseus’ epic journey back home, he encounters many obstacles that threaten to push him off course. Some ... Read more
How Jesus Came To Resemble A White European
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on July 23, 2020
Image by Bob Bello from http://Pixabay.com The portrayal of Jesus as a white, European man has come under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection ... Read more