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as I said, rembo fucking out

hey don't talk to benedict that way

he's our internet pope

show some respect

never

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ni maitre

also

the only popes I recognize are discordian

if you folks havent figure out that much about me by now, good fucking luck

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I mean, sure, is it possible that Aristotle, or someone else would have said the same things had there never been a Plato? Presumably. But we could never know. That's why historical analysis that asks "What might have happened had this person/event/phenomena not existed?" is always purely speculative. Because, we can't empirically test history against anything else.

Even if you had a supercomputer to simulate alternative histories, the computer script to simulate those events would have to make assumptions about how historical events interact.

So, the only "scientific" way to talk about history is purely observational.

And historically speaking, the fact that Plato, and especially the Republic, was foundational to the Western philosophical tradition is undeniable. Much of Aristotle's work was commentaries on Plato.

be ready for an essay boys:

And that's why I'm doing a series on the Republic. Because, I come from the Western Philosophical Tradition and so understanding my thought, (and my interpretation of other's thought) requires some familiarity with the basic touchstones of that tradition.

a series? where, may I ask?

On my channel.

youtube.

youtube?

could I has link

you should sub him on patreon too

nothing personally against you Benedict , but your patreon count is a little bit pathetic

http://www.youtube.com/c/BenedictXVII

I've just started teaching myself on ancient/classical philosophy, so a series like that would be really interesting for me, so thanks

Yeah, hopefully I'll get book I out this week. And hopefully every two weeks or so add something to that series.

*such a tiny little patreon with so much potential i want to water and watch it grow*

and, @Clement_Down, it would be interesting to know what the ratio between youtube subscribers to patrons on patreons is for the average youtuber. I mean, 150/1 is approx what I'm looking at, which I would assume is average for youtubers who don't do patreon rewards. I mean, for comparison, Sargon is approx 240/1. Metorkur is 260/1. Distributist is 250/1. Randomercam is 200/1.

Now, of course, their channels are much bigger compared to mine.

i wonder if the content of the creator has any bearing on the number

also $$ vs the number of patreons vs subscribers

distributist and AA have a relatively *low* $$/patreon count last time i checked

Short Fat Otaku has the highest (lowest) I saw of the one's I looked at, 485/1

my pet theory is cus he does his video game stream

if he focuses on just his research vids, i think he could have better patreon count

his researched vids are very good. the latest one on the asian lady hired by NYTimes was the best video i've seen on the subject