Drug users are Modernists who despise Classicism

[birdgirl73]

I want to know if he's a religionist.

Breukelen, didn't you mean is he a religionist like Dante himself was? In relation to the reconciliation between Greek philosophy and Christianity?

[Breukelen advocaat]

I'm a Deist but I come from a Greek Orthodox family, happy?

And would it make any difference if I was a 'Religionist', or are you just a bigot?

YOU are the "bigot", and your philosophical views, and critical intelligence, are influenced by your beliefs. I happen to admire Deists very much - the ones that lived 200-300 years ago. Weâ??re living in the 21st century, the atom has been split, and there is no evidence of a deity. Deism is no better than theism, when you ignore progress. The source of your frustration is inside yourself, and I'd recommend a regimen of rational-thinking exercises to recover.

[birdgirl73]

I'm getting a kick out of a Yank taking a Brit to language school!

Brits didn't corner the market on literacy, you know . . . .

They just think they did.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Breukelen, didn't you mean is he a religionist like Dante himself was? In relation to the reconciliation between Greek philosophy and Christianity?

Uh, yeah. :thumbsup:

[Dante Alighieri]

Not all modern art is the same. Thats like saying every person is the same.

Ok for the purposes of debate we'll divide them into the two commonly accepted categories which follow similar artistic trends, modern and post modern. Now tell me, how have either of been influenced by Classical, Byzantine, Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Classical or Romanticist art?

[Dante Alighieri]

Breukelen, didn't you mean is he a religionist like Dante himself was? In relation to the reconciliation between Greek philosophy and Christianity?

That wasn't really a central crux of Divina Comedia, Augustine many centuries earlier dealt with the above issue in his city of god.

But does the fact Dante was religious make his poetry any less brilliant?

[Binzhoubum]

You have failed, in all of this, to explain to any of us why Classicism (Classicalism?) is in any way, shape, or form better than Modernism or any other belief for that matter.

If you remember correctly, Rome eventually fell because it was so corrupt and full of itself...:smokin:

[rajking86]

I guess smoking weed and listening to hip hop TOTALLY DEFIES BELIEF too, you provoking cunt.

Get off these boards and go to the fucking history channel's forum or something.

[Binzhoubum]

And BTW, who gives a flying fuck about Dante or Cicero in the year 2006?

I mean honestly man, ALOT has changed since then. How do you feel about postmodernists?

How do you feel about people who don't classify themselves as anything and who live, breathe, and think freely?

If I believe studying Cicero and his principles of government and society are a complete waste of time, am I stupid simply in virtue of my tastes in literature?

Come on....grow up. :smokin:

[Dante Alighieri]

You have failed, in all of this, to explain to any of us why Classicism (Classicalism?) is in any way, shape, or form better than Modernism or any other belief for that matter.

If you remember correctly, Rome eventually fell because it was so corrupt and full of itself...:smokin:

If you read my posts, as brief as they are in this thread, regarding Stoicism, that will address your point.

Oh, and there are varying theories as to why the Western Roman Empire fell, to go into them in detail would take much time and effort, and I really can't be bothered, suffice to say, the factors were basically varying economic (in regards to agriculture and trade and taxation) and social. But it wasn't really due to 'corruption' in any general sense.