I have war and peace. I was only able to get up to a certain point like 150 pages in…
But also a lot of common folk didnt know how to read and write…it wasnt deliberate conspiracy it was just a matter of having access to resources…and having the resources to preserve such material…
Also a lot knowledge was lost due to war and the sacking of civilizations…or lost in translation…if it werent for the library of alexandria being discovered and other stuff…we would not have learned of socrates, plato, and other stuff…
I hadn’t thought of that, but you’re right, that probably played a big role until about 1600 or so (I’m going some years after the printing press was invented in 1440). I’m no literature major, but I wonder if anyone has tracked the evolution of character class variety in literature over time.
That’s a much more useful statistic to have than “what percentage of cats that have ever lived had a british monarch die within their lifetime?”. That one in quotes is a real one I wondered last week, but pretty useless to know so I haven’t looked into it.
I downloaded new reader https://fbreader.org/en
It also works on older Windows OS. You just need to unpack the archive and find the program in the folders.
It is basically another antithesis/rebuttal to macchiavelli.
It is a guide on how to live in the world of game of thrones…the eddard stark/soldier version.
It is different though it even offers advice on how to deal with macchiavellis…
Also the idea of seppuku…even though i disagree with the act…demonstrates a hard truth about the world…that if you fail to perform your responsibilities as a person you are expendable.
I’m currently reading “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity” by David Graeber and David Wengrow on the origins of long-term inequalities and forms of organizing human societies. Too early to say how much I really like it and/opr agree, and I’m interested in a lot of the topics covered, so I’m a bit biased, but so far I think it’s a good read with a few long shots while taking into account a lot of evidence. (I have to post a comparison of these long-shot type books on explaining everything about humanity at some point, I think I read like a dozen of those over the last few years…)
The maya angelou books that i have talk about motherhood indirectly…
Im still digesting the realities that women of whom are mothers face as described indirectly by maya angelou.
I havent been keeping up on the reading as much as i want too…but honestly the books ive been reading blows smartphone social issue philosophy out of the water.
My drive to read more…has been supplanted by my drive to go out and do stuff.
Still reading but not as much…and also…ive gotten the answers that i sought in terms of social issues…another reason why i havent had as much of a drive…
