Rifkin the Historian
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
Crowley, Hitler And World War II
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on June 7, 2020
Derivative Images Aleister (Alexander was his birth name) Crowley, the self-proclaimed Magus of the Aeon, was destined from his inception to be an exception. His ... Read more
What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on April 7, 2020
Derivative Images We’ve all been caught unawares by our digestive tract at one time or another. Toilet paper is now such a routine part of ... Read more
Enheduanna
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on February 29, 2020
Image by Mystic Art Design from http://Pixabay.com Enheduanna, princess, priestess and the world’s first known author – The world’s first known author is widely considered to ... Read more
The Spartan Way: Less Is More
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on March 28, 2019
Image by mohamed Hassan from http://Pixabay.com What the Ancient Spartans can teach modern man … At its peak, the Spartan army was the most dominant, ... Read more
The Witch Mania Of King James I
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on March 18, 2019
By Attributed to John de Critz – Prado image, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37047 King James the Sixth of Scotland (1566 – 1625), who later became James ... Read more