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A quick read ( without looking into my dictionnary ) tells me it's a book called "critical forests" by Herder, on fine art and litterature, 4th edition, published with permission of the Great-Duke reigning Baden at the time and supported by the association for the knowledge and the art of the beautifull. The first edition was printed in 1767 and contains among other various recomandations by the author to Goethe, to whom he was a teacher.
Thank you for your generous help Bryaxis!
Goethe you say? Interesting . . .
Faustus
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I have an old book in all German text in Old English font. I'd willingly give it to anyone with a genuine interest in having it, except for the cost of postage. I originally bought it because it had some Latin footnotes and quotes from Virgil and Horace as well as Greek Homeric references. I think it may be a treatise on the ancient poets and the value of their work.
It seems to have been authored in part by Kritische Walder and It has an 1821 introduction first and then a 1769 introduction which I think was also the year of the author
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Early morning - Water then Coffee, black, without sugar or sweeteners
During the day - Water and in the evening and occasionally a beer if I think I've earned it calorically.
Evening meal and evening time - Water
Bedtime - A final glass of water at bed-time.
Special times - White wine
Faustus
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Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly--and lo! the Bird is on the Wing.
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Do single issue parties (pressure grioups) ever have surprise victories under the American system?
In governorships (gubernatorial elections) yes, and mayoral, a few cases in the House of Representatives; never before in the presidency. The closest we come there is the Republican Party with Lincoln in 1860, and the Republican Party was an offshoot of the old Whig Party.
Jesse Ventura a professional wrestler (a performer) became governor of Minnesota was in the Reform Party of Minnesota, later the Independence Party of Minnesota. Senator (previously congressman) Bernie Sanders of Vermont of the Independent party (he's actually a socialist), are the most prominent of recent years.
Al Franken, a professional comedian is running in Minnesota for US Senator, which is a bigger joke than his comedy routines. He's a Democrat but the appeal of odd offshoots in Minnesota is pointed out by his candidacy there.
There are lots of reasons why "outliers" like those in these and other parties have limited and spotty success, among them limited appeal, and lack of financial resources because of that. These two factors are interchangeable to an extent.
The US and internal elective offices are mass audiences and are difficult to reach without the resources needed to reach a broadly based mass audience, namely TV and radio, hence money is free speech.
Faustus
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An interesting experiment would be to suspend the Legislative and Judicial branches of government, and put someone like, say, Petraeus in the Executive, see what happens.
If we look at that
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Define education.
Education/Educated:
A population adequately informed in the sciences, (their) history, language, economic and political system such that they are enabled to consider the soundness and likely consequences of their and their government
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Our two parties are simply feet shuffling us into statism. That's the essential long term effect and anything different enough to alter this is far too radical for the majority. Statism will inevitably fail and the process will start over, lessons forgotten or obscured.
You pose the problem of our age: The vulnerability of democracy to ignorance, demagoguery, and false passion. And all this in what might be called an
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As my OWN incense collection has grown considerably (hehe) I got to thinking: what types of incense was used in Roman times?
I'm guessing Frankincense and Myrrh were commonplace. What of different herbs, spices, resins?
Was it ever used outside of religious practice? (I'm aware that incense was burned as an offering, but was it used in other ways as well?)
If there was no good method of "neutralizing" the odors from their fullery process, incense would've been a way of masking those smells.
Just as in the 'seventies' if you came into a room where strawberry incense was being used, you knew right away, those kids had been up to something.
Faustus
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Pee gets stale, but maybe they found a way to manage that, because they didn't find such odors anymore appealing than we do. These were people who prided themselves in their cleanliness, notwithstanding their teeth cleaning methods.
You know, I had thought of vinegar. I haven't seen its use mentioned anywhere though, it DOES make sense. Vinegar is commonly used to remove pet stains from carpets, too. Or at least, to remove the odor. Vinegar mixed with various herbs does even better! (though I can't remember off the top of my head WHAT it was that my mom mixed with her vinegar. I just know it wasn't baking soda!
)Hydrogen peroxide? Borax?
Probably irrelevant but historically, many ancient people found valuable uses for borax. The Egyptians used borax in mummification while the Romans used it for glass making. Marco Polo's caravans transported it from Tibet to Europe in the 13th century.
Borax is sodium tetraborate. It dissolves in water forming an alkaline, antiseptic solution that is used as a water softener, disinfectant, detergent and welding flux.
Faustus
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Even if the fullers, for the final stage of cleaning, rinsed out their customers' garments with fresh water to remove the urine odor, one gets the impression from Pliny that the smell of urine was something that the ancient Romans took in their stride.
Perhaps the odor was less a problem than we imagine. Could their diet have ameliorated it? Not wanting to make observations that are too personal, those of us who (are or) have been parents and used cloth diapers could attest, we didn't detect the pp by odor, but by touch. And all "dirty" diapers were soaked in a pail of some water and white vinegar which neutralized the odor (we did this after dipping in the commode, freshly flushed with clean water in it, to dilute out pee or poo), and:
(Vinegar Institute) "By about 3000 BC, the making of homemade vinegar was being phased out and, in 2000 BC, vinegar production was largely a commercial industry . . .(Used) to freshen baby clothes (think urine here) The addition of 1 cup of white distilled vinegar to each load of baby clothes during the rinse cycle will naturally break down uric acid, deodorizes . . .Clothes will rinse better if 1 cup of white distilled vinegar is added to the last rinse water. . . (Oh and) wine spots can be removed from cotton (and other) fabrics if done so within 24 hours, apply white distilled vinegar directly onto the stain and rub away the spots . . ."
Pee gets stale, but maybe they found a way to manage that, because they didn't find such odors anymore appealing than we do. These were people who prided themselves in their cleanliness, notwithstanding their teeth cleaning methods.
Faustus
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We can not get anyone of authority to acknowledge the existence of cougars here in southern Indiana but they are seen frequently enough to remove much doubt, and leave very large paw prints behind. Without question I saw a very large one close up, crossing a highway 3-miles west of Joliet Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago in 1958, long before the release of "exotic" pets began.Mind you, here in Blighty we have reports of large cats roaming the wilds and occaisionally a 'competent' person steps forward claiming to have observed such a beastie. So there I was leaning against a chicken wire fence. Until I became aware of a lioness prowling the other side of it. She glanced up at me as if to say "You're not worth the effort sonny" and plodded past. Being within three feet of a big cat (albeit with a wire fence between) is something special. , but come in here and you're catfood..."
Yesterday (April 15th) it was necessary for police officers to bring down a 5' long 150 pound cougar (mountain lion) within the city limits of Chicago. This decidedly was a wild, not someones "pet" animal. Too bad it had to die, but at least the body proves the existence of such a large cat in a city environment.
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If a new, viable, US political party could be created to replace one of the two existing mainline parties, what would that party have for its driving force? What would define its common sense goals for frustrated change which could capture the imagination of a plurality of the population, or even a large enough segment of the American population that would it would be self propagating and grow?Yes, isn't it lovely? And if you don't fit into the Democrat/Republican glove, you can forget about it, it doesn't matter how much money you have.Merely being self perpetuating is not enough. The Libertarian party is that but only provides a hollow vehicular shell. It has already presented too many defects to be viable; as a beginning it has been a false start, embryonic but unfertilized only suggesting a need for something new.
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I'm interested in what you guys think are the five most influential events of world history.
A singular event: With one action: Gavrilo Princeps set in motion the events which began WWI (and by extension WWII). There can be little doubt that the world would have been much different without that signal event.
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Now some might be already rolling their eyes - I don't care. What I'm suggesting is that once you strip away the medieval fantasy and celtic legend, there is a story of romano-celtic resistance not to the saxons, jutes, angles et al, but to picts, scots, and irish scots during the same period. Now whereas we know the saxons weren't popular (being aggressive and greedy heathens) and that they resorted to violence to claim british land on occaision, we also know they were invited over at least once (by Vortigern).
What if the pressure in early dark age britain wasn't so much saxons, who may have been valuable if distrusted allies, but the invaders from north and west who may have been taking advantage of the roman withdrawal? The arthurian mythos suggests these conflicts took place in northern england or scotland, yet arthurs origin is firmly in the west country, one of the last regions to have been settled by saxons.
Opinions everyone?
Not an opinion really; just more questions. I've long thought of the Arthurian legends as so much romantic nonsense, never even considering any substance. But as I've read more of the history of Britain, while extending my interest in Roman civilization, I've been more persuaded of the authenticity of an Arthurian figure. Is the area you are referring to Caerwent/Venta Silurium?
I'm very interested in your full accounting of how this may have all been confused or been misinterpreted by historians
Faustus
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The design, introduction, and development of the first printing press in its most practical form by Gutenberg about 1440. The value and usefulness of his press to create printed material suitable for the masses was quickly shown by its rapid adoption from that point in time and geography throughout the rest of world.
The full citizenry of the Colonial America and subsequently of the States and the Territories were among the best read citizens of the world at that time or any time since. This was important beyond our ability to take into account to the creation and development of the American Republic.
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Horton Hears a Hoo
The Bee Movie
About five years back, Bottom Line/Personal Magazine listed ten
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Last eve I watched King Kong. (It shows again on TNT Tonight, Sunday 13 April) I saw the original my one and only time as a boy in something like the year 1950. It was already 17 years old then, and why it enjoyed such a renewal in that year I have no idea, except that it had spurred a series of movies in the monster genre in the years following 1933. One of those movies was Mighty Joe Young which was produced in 1949. That premier of MJY may have been the reason Kong was re-introduced to the movie-going public, perhaps as a complement, giving it a new public airing with showings of both as a "set".
The 2005 version stars Naomi Watts (one of the best/Mulholland Drive), Adrien Brody, and Jack Black. (all B grade actors). For me it seemed to be well done, excepting the quick action of such a large creature as a 25
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From the Library of Congress, some very good historical PHOTOs taken in color slide transparencies, from the 30
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In any case, if anyone has a good article on Roman taxation to recommend, I'd appreciate it.
I can
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Does anyone happen to know the reason why there were so many of these courts? It would seem that one or two would be sufficient (in other words, why couldn't one court handle more than one type of case?)
Rome, with a population of perhaps a million, would have needed many courts because of "case load" or legal actions being taken. (I've read Rome was a litigious society). They seem to have found it efficient to "specialize" these jurisdictions rather than "generalize" them.
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In any given case the praetor named the decuria from which the jurymen were to be taken, and then drew from the urn containing their names the number assigned by law for the case to be decided. Each side could then challenge a certain number, and fresh names were drawn from the urn in place of those challenged.
Isn't this the foundation of, or even the first of its kind of a process called the Voir dire in the U.S. trial system today? ( "In the United States, it now generally refers to the process by which prospective jurors are questioned about their backgrounds and potential biases before being chosen to sit on a jury." )
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That altar looks rather psychedelic. Aelius Victor must have been wacked out most of the time. Still, does anyone now why it is that colour? I do remember reading that many altars and headstones were painted.
It looks a lot like rough faced marble, but it could also be a granitic eratic either of them dropped by a glacier. The Scandinavian Ice Sheet passed just north of London running from about Bristol in the west curving up to about Northampton, and then back down about to just at or north of London. Take a look HERE and note the ice exclusion area across south England. Then take a look here at Indiana and you will see a similar exclusion. We have eratics like the one our altar "object" was possibly fashioned from in lawns as landscape art objects.
However England/British Isles is so rich in geological features, that the science of Geology enjoys more names of time periods or ages named from "first" discoveries there than perhaps anywhere else. Both Marble (from limestone) and Granite have undergone immense heat when they were buried far below the surface and that is the cause of the discoloration they both show, and which makes them suitable for architecture and gives them their psychedelic like beauty. Marble is quarried in Ireland.
Faustus
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This Evening's Occultation
While binoculars are helpful in observing an occultation, it is a naked eye phenomenon for those with sharp vision. I don
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I agree with you. Yes, the Draft Riots in New York City were exactly that, anti-black pogroms.
And the Civil War didn't end racism. It's found throughout the country. In fact, in some cases the South has made better progress in dealing with it than other parts of the country.
I believe I have seen that myself when stationed in different parts of the South. I think it often comes down to individuals and small groups. Our national situation is the sum total of it all, but we generally only see and hear part, and that part either generated by political groups or shown to us selectively by media groups.You are exactly right in this. I'm from the north but I lived in North Carolina for four years in the early 60's, and have visited the south many times since. There black people have mixed much more thoroughly into the larger southern culture and with the white population socially, as friends and neighbors, and there is less suspicion between the two races. Even the language used by blacks in the south is more of the larger population, while in the north there is usage that stands apart, a rejection of the larger
US electoral system explained
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There are those of us who believe the system is not corrupted by money, as long as there is transparency as to where the money comes from. Obama's funds if divided by the number of contributors show he is getting small donations averaging about $50.
I just gave $50. to McCain. That is one way to support the ideas I think should win; another is persuasion.
Ross Perot had a vast fortune to use as he wanted but he was not able to get elected in 1992. However he did influence the election in favor of William Jefferson Clinton by taking votes from George H.W. Bush. Clinton only won with a plurality, not a majority of votes which tempered his