Heraclitus
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• Formerly Spartacus/Incictus_V on Twitter!
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Heraclitus
@herakleitos.bsky.social
· Nov 17
INTRODUCTION THREAD 🧵
In the style of the legendary
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels themselves, I shall answer using the pub questionnaire they used.
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In the style of the legendary
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels themselves, I shall answer using the pub questionnaire they used.
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Anyone that evaluates anything but moralistic standards is probably not worth taking all that seriously example 28219191.
This doesn't mean the Bolsheviks can't be critiqued but "they were authoritarian" is a moronic critique unless you can find a way to carry out revolution otherwise.
This doesn't mean the Bolsheviks can't be critiqued but "they were authoritarian" is a moronic critique unless you can find a way to carry out revolution otherwise.
Just another day on Bluesky. Today we have a PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam calling the Bolsheviks the 'most successful leftist organisation ever'.
Indeed, very successful at murdering millions of people.
Indeed, very successful at murdering millions of people.
This is obviously bait, but it should be noted that the most successful leftist organisation ever, the Bolsheviks, were characterised by 1) moral purity, 2) lack of compromise with the moderate factions, and 3) vicious infighting and call-outs in the press
May 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Anyone that evaluates anything but moralistic standards is probably not worth taking all that seriously example 28219191.
This doesn't mean the Bolsheviks can't be critiqued but "they were authoritarian" is a moronic critique unless you can find a way to carry out revolution otherwise.
This doesn't mean the Bolsheviks can't be critiqued but "they were authoritarian" is a moronic critique unless you can find a way to carry out revolution otherwise.
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This is obviously bait, but it should be noted that the most successful leftist organisation ever, the Bolsheviks, were characterised by 1) moral purity, 2) lack of compromise with the moderate factions, and 3) vicious infighting and call-outs in the press
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is obviously bait, but it should be noted that the most successful leftist organisation ever, the Bolsheviks, were characterised by 1) moral purity, 2) lack of compromise with the moderate factions, and 3) vicious infighting and call-outs in the press
This account isn't dead, just busy currently.
January 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This account isn't dead, just busy currently.
Update on Plato Thread:
I actually completed writing it. However I realised that I would simply be summarising a dialogue and that's essentially lazy content. So instead of that, which I have now scrapped, I have decided to combine Classics and Marxism to provide a fresh Marxist perspective.
I actually completed writing it. However I realised that I would simply be summarising a dialogue and that's essentially lazy content. So instead of that, which I have now scrapped, I have decided to combine Classics and Marxism to provide a fresh Marxist perspective.
December 3, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Update on Plato Thread:
I actually completed writing it. However I realised that I would simply be summarising a dialogue and that's essentially lazy content. So instead of that, which I have now scrapped, I have decided to combine Classics and Marxism to provide a fresh Marxist perspective.
I actually completed writing it. However I realised that I would simply be summarising a dialogue and that's essentially lazy content. So instead of that, which I have now scrapped, I have decided to combine Classics and Marxism to provide a fresh Marxist perspective.
Sorry about the delays folks but each one of these threads takes a large amount of effort, so I'll try to be more realistic with the schedule next time!
November 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Sorry about the delays folks but each one of these threads takes a large amount of effort, so I'll try to be more realistic with the schedule next time!
Slight Euthyphro delay due to sourcing issues.
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Slight Euthyphro delay due to sourcing issues.
Unironically think cottagecore is feudal romanticisation with dangerous reactionary implications. It's larpy but I have done quite a bit of thought on this during its heyday.
Anyway watch for the Euthyphro post in a few short hours!
Anyway watch for the Euthyphro post in a few short hours!
i hate the concept of cottagecore i hate when people call me cottagecore there’s nothing cottagecore about mushroom foraging there’s nothing cutesy about the holy communion between man and mushroom it’s dead fucking serious
November 26, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Unironically think cottagecore is feudal romanticisation with dangerous reactionary implications. It's larpy but I have done quite a bit of thought on this during its heyday.
Anyway watch for the Euthyphro post in a few short hours!
Anyway watch for the Euthyphro post in a few short hours!
As part of my "Introduction to Plato" threads, the first on the inaugural dialogue of Euthyphro will be coming out later today. Watch as Socrates questions a holy man on his not quite so divine understanding of divinity, and demonstrates his elenchus method.
November 25, 2024 at 3:35 AM
As part of my "Introduction to Plato" threads, the first on the inaugural dialogue of Euthyphro will be coming out later today. Watch as Socrates questions a holy man on his not quite so divine understanding of divinity, and demonstrates his elenchus method.
Gotta be honest for a second, even though left twitter was way better than the reactionary mess it is now I really don't want to go back to a constant stream of Maoist English jokes and low quality memes about liberals.
November 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Gotta be honest for a second, even though left twitter was way better than the reactionary mess it is now I really don't want to go back to a constant stream of Maoist English jokes and low quality memes about liberals.
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Happy Friday classics peeps!
November 22, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Happy Friday classics peeps!
Want to read Plato but don't know where to start? Alcibiades I is traditional but I recommend Euthyphro.
I recommend John M. Cooper's "Complete Works of Plato." (Much cheaper overall than to buy individual texts)
I will also show off some rare vintages in thread.
I recommend John M. Cooper's "Complete Works of Plato." (Much cheaper overall than to buy individual texts)
I will also show off some rare vintages in thread.
The next thread will probably take a break from pre-socratic philosophy to talk about Plato.
Specifically I plan on doing a succinct 'intro to Plato' that goes through successively his Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno & Phaedo. (Phaedo will probably be a two-parter)
Specifically I plan on doing a succinct 'intro to Plato' that goes through successively his Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno & Phaedo. (Phaedo will probably be a two-parter)
November 23, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Want to read Plato but don't know where to start? Alcibiades I is traditional but I recommend Euthyphro.
I recommend John M. Cooper's "Complete Works of Plato." (Much cheaper overall than to buy individual texts)
I will also show off some rare vintages in thread.
I recommend John M. Cooper's "Complete Works of Plato." (Much cheaper overall than to buy individual texts)
I will also show off some rare vintages in thread.
The next thread will probably take a break from pre-socratic philosophy to talk about Plato.
Specifically I plan on doing a succinct 'intro to Plato' that goes through successively his Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno & Phaedo. (Phaedo will probably be a two-parter)
Specifically I plan on doing a succinct 'intro to Plato' that goes through successively his Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno & Phaedo. (Phaedo will probably be a two-parter)
November 23, 2024 at 4:38 PM
The next thread will probably take a break from pre-socratic philosophy to talk about Plato.
Specifically I plan on doing a succinct 'intro to Plato' that goes through successively his Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno & Phaedo. (Phaedo will probably be a two-parter)
Specifically I plan on doing a succinct 'intro to Plato' that goes through successively his Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno & Phaedo. (Phaedo will probably be a two-parter)
THE PYTHAGOREANS:
Pythagoras is one of the most recognisable names in history but most of his life is shrouded in mystery - and no he didn't invent THAT theorem.
Here we take a look at the man himself, and the religious cults of the acusmatici and mathematici which descended from him.
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Pythagoras is one of the most recognisable names in history but most of his life is shrouded in mystery - and no he didn't invent THAT theorem.
Here we take a look at the man himself, and the religious cults of the acusmatici and mathematici which descended from him.
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November 23, 2024 at 3:14 AM
THE PYTHAGOREANS:
Pythagoras is one of the most recognisable names in history but most of his life is shrouded in mystery - and no he didn't invent THAT theorem.
Here we take a look at the man himself, and the religious cults of the acusmatici and mathematici which descended from him.
》》》
Pythagoras is one of the most recognisable names in history but most of his life is shrouded in mystery - and no he didn't invent THAT theorem.
Here we take a look at the man himself, and the religious cults of the acusmatici and mathematici which descended from him.
》》》
Writing a thread about Pythagoras is harder than it looks because 95% of it ends up being about this followers since everything relating to the man himself is unverifiable and unlikely.
November 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Writing a thread about Pythagoras is harder than it looks because 95% of it ends up being about this followers since everything relating to the man himself is unverifiable and unlikely.
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Is this not common???
Someone is reading a book at my bus stop.
Not even on their phone or a kindle.
An actual paperback book. Literature, even.
This is a thing now isn’t it? I’ve missed the zeitgeist on this.
Not even on their phone or a kindle.
An actual paperback book. Literature, even.
This is a thing now isn’t it? I’ve missed the zeitgeist on this.
November 22, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Is this not common???
While I'm writing the Pythagoras thread, what are some future topics people would like to see?
November 21, 2024 at 3:31 PM
While I'm writing the Pythagoras thread, what are some future topics people would like to see?
Due to personal issues, Pythagoras thread postponed till tomorrow.
November 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Due to personal issues, Pythagoras thread postponed till tomorrow.
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I hate people who use chatGPT, learn to write you fucking bum youre in gradschool
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
I hate people who use chatGPT, learn to write you fucking bum youre in gradschool
Tune in tomorrow for an exciting thread on Pythagoreanism!
From Pythagoras himself, to his 5th-Century successors in the acusmatici and mathematici.
(Philolaus and Empedocles will receive their own individual threads in future)
From Pythagoras himself, to his 5th-Century successors in the acusmatici and mathematici.
(Philolaus and Empedocles will receive their own individual threads in future)
November 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Tune in tomorrow for an exciting thread on Pythagoreanism!
From Pythagoras himself, to his 5th-Century successors in the acusmatici and mathematici.
(Philolaus and Empedocles will receive their own individual threads in future)
From Pythagoras himself, to his 5th-Century successors in the acusmatici and mathematici.
(Philolaus and Empedocles will receive their own individual threads in future)
Also I'm aware the influx of new followers is primarily due to being on the leftist starter pack, will say that I will be mixing classics with Marxism in future threads as well so if that sounds interesting please stick around! :)
November 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Also I'm aware the influx of new followers is primarily due to being on the leftist starter pack, will say that I will be mixing classics with Marxism in future threads as well so if that sounds interesting please stick around! :)
THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERS:
Who were the Milesians? Thales, Anaximander & Anaximenes will forever be immortalised as the first three philosophers.
Here we examine them, their central concept of the first principle or "Arkhe" and the birth of the discipline of philosophy. 🧵
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Who were the Milesians? Thales, Anaximander & Anaximenes will forever be immortalised as the first three philosophers.
Here we examine them, their central concept of the first principle or "Arkhe" and the birth of the discipline of philosophy. 🧵
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November 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM
THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERS:
Who were the Milesians? Thales, Anaximander & Anaximenes will forever be immortalised as the first three philosophers.
Here we examine them, their central concept of the first principle or "Arkhe" and the birth of the discipline of philosophy. 🧵
》》》
Who were the Milesians? Thales, Anaximander & Anaximenes will forever be immortalised as the first three philosophers.
Here we examine them, their central concept of the first principle or "Arkhe" and the birth of the discipline of philosophy. 🧵
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Philosopher-King = General-Secretary
Gold Caste = Vanguard Party
Silver Caste = People's Militias
Bronze Caste = Workers
Let's do it folks.
Gold Caste = Vanguard Party
Silver Caste = People's Militias
Bronze Caste = Workers
Let's do it folks.
saw rightist pagans on twitter calling Plato's Republic a basis of communism... they might be unto something
November 19, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Philosopher-King = General-Secretary
Gold Caste = Vanguard Party
Silver Caste = People's Militias
Bronze Caste = Workers
Let's do it folks.
Gold Caste = Vanguard Party
Silver Caste = People's Militias
Bronze Caste = Workers
Let's do it folks.
Upcoming thread post about the Milesian School which saw the first philosophers in history and the concept of the first principle or "Arkhe."
November 19, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Upcoming thread post about the Milesian School which saw the first philosophers in history and the concept of the first principle or "Arkhe."
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Sup people, I made a starter pack for people that I recognized from left twitter. go.bsky.app/L3YkQLu
Repost + dm me if you want to be added!
Repost + dm me if you want to be added!
November 19, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Sup people, I made a starter pack for people that I recognized from left twitter. go.bsky.app/L3YkQLu
Repost + dm me if you want to be added!
Repost + dm me if you want to be added!