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The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation
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The Ramsay Centre was established in March 2017 through an extraordinary endowment by the late Mr Paul Ramsay AO, a leading Australian businessman and philanthropist.
Our aim is to advance education by promoting the study of the “great conversation” of Western Civilisation. Valuing the richness, diversity and complexity of over 3,000 years of cultural and societal development, we seek to nurture a better informed, wiser and more civic-minded society - one that understands its past, works to improve the present, and looks confidently to the future.
Our events, podcasts and videos feature prominent international and local speakers from all walks of life, including politics, academia and business.
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Our aim is to advance education by promoting the study of the “great conversation” of Western Civilisation. Valuing the richness, diversity and complexity of over 3,000 years of cultural and societal development, we seek to nurture a better informed, wiser and more civic-minded society - one that understands its past, works to improve the present, and looks confidently to the future.
Our events, podcasts and videos feature prominent international and local speakers from all walks of life, including politics, academia and business.
Stay up to date with our public lectures and events via:
Our mailing list: ramsayevents@ramsaycentre.org
Facebook: TheRamsayCentre
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-ramsay-centre-for-western-civilisation
Website: www.ramsaycentre.org
Kyle Wilson | Getting Russia Right
What is Russian exceptionalism? How can we best understand the mindset of Russians and Russian President Vladimir Putin to ensure the most effective response to the war on Ukraine? Is there a path forward to ‘getting Russia right’?
In our fourth Ramsay Lecture for 2024 former Centre CEO Professor Simon Haines interviews one of Australia’s foremost Russia experts, the esteemed academic, diplomat and Russian interpreter Mr Kyle Wilson.
In their discussion, the pair draw upon Mr Wilson’s direct dealings with President Putin as well as his research into Russian history and society to explore the mindset that led Russia to invade Ukraine. Mr Wilson posits that President Putin is bent on reaffirm...
In our fourth Ramsay Lecture for 2024 former Centre CEO Professor Simon Haines interviews one of Australia’s foremost Russia experts, the esteemed academic, diplomat and Russian interpreter Mr Kyle Wilson.
In their discussion, the pair draw upon Mr Wilson’s direct dealings with President Putin as well as his research into Russian history and society to explore the mindset that led Russia to invade Ukraine. Mr Wilson posits that President Putin is bent on reaffirm...
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Andrew Kern | Liberal Education in the 21st Century
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What is ‘liberal education’? What distinguishes it from vocational education, and even programs of study adopted in many modern liberal arts programs? Can an education focused on ‘knowledge for its own sake’ rather than for professional pursuits and industry careers, hold appeal among current and future generations of scholars? And why is there a resurgence in liberal education movements in the...
Introductory video: The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation
Просмотров 4934 месяца назад
The Ramsay Centre was established in 2017 through an extraordinary endowment by businessman and philanthropist the late Paul Ramsay AO. We work with universities to support imaginative, thoughtful, inquisitive young Australians to gain a deeper understanding of our civilisation. Since its inception the Centre has forged three AU$50million eight year partnerships with Australian universities to ...
Professor Michael Wesley | Living with Leviathans: Australia in a Multipolar Age
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In our second Ramsay Lecture for 2024, University of Melbourne Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Wesley ponders what it means for Australia to be part of the West but geographically remote from it. Must we choose between our geography and our traditional alliances in this multipolar age? As an island and former British colony in Oceania, with no territorial disputes or powerful near neig...
Mike Green, Lavina Lee, Milton Osborne, Sam Roggeveen | Navigating between China and the US in Asia
Просмотров 4835 месяцев назад
In the early years of China’s rise, Australia seemed to manage its strategic position between China and the US in Asia with aplomb. But is it still capable of the delicate diplomatic dance it used to perform so deftly? Or has an increasingly assertive China created national and geopolitical challenges too great for Australia to continue to balance its relationship with these two global giants? ...
Rémi Brague | Is the West eccentric?
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Is the West eccentric? For our ninth Ramsay Lecture for 2023, esteemed French philosopher and best-selling author Professor Rémi Brague explains why he believes the West IS eccentric, in conversation with Centre CEO Professor Simon Haines. Brague argues that the West is an outlier civilisation that uniquely acknowledges superiority of some elements of foreign culture, in particular Classical cu...
2023 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation address by 2021 Scholar James Rigby
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2023 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation Address by 2021 Ramsay Postgraduate Scholar James Rigby. The Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarships support young Australian leaders to study at the world’s best overseas universities and are worth up to AUD$90,000 p.a. Start a conversation with us about your plans for graduate study overseas and ask any questions you may have about our postgraduate scholarships b...
Robert Tombs | Are the History Wars Worth Fighting?
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In our eighth Ramsay Lecture for 2023, eminent UK historian and founder of the History Reclaimed movement Professor Robert Tombs ponders ‘Are the History Wars Worth Fighting? Is our past really being misrepresented in our schools, cultural institutions, and broader society; leading to the history of the West being presented as one only worthy of shame, apology, and reparations? Or are the ‘hist...
2023 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation
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At our 2023 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation, our newly anointed 2023 Ramsay Scholars discuss their study plans, the excitement of joining a growing community of Ramsay Postgraduate Scholars, and what they are most looking forward to in their time abroad. The Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarships support Young Australian leaders to study at the world’s best overseas universities and are worth up to A...
John Carroll | Searching for Meaning in an Age of Unbelief
Просмотров 911Год назад
If the modern West is both statistically and culturally no longer Christian, who will save us now? What remains? Are we still searching for meaning in an age of unbelief? In the sixth Ramsay Lecture for 2023, titled ‘Who Will Save Us Now? Searching for Meaning in an Age of Unbelief’ acclaimed sociologist and author John Carroll, explores the psyche of the post-Christian West. Drawing on literat...
Emily Langston | Simon Haines | Stephen McInerney | A Reflection on Liberal Education
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What is liberal education? How is it different from professional or practical education? What does it set out to do and how does it form us? To help uncover some of the distinctive features of liberal arts and great books programs, watch the seventh Ramsay Lecture for 2023: a panel discussion with three leading liberal arts educators from Australia and the US titled ‘A Reflection on Liberal Edu...
Elena Douglas | Sarah Golsby-Smith | Elizabeth Stone | Secondary Education: Laying the Foundation
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Is Australia’s secondary education at risk of becoming second-rate? Is the curriculum too fragmented and lacking in rigour? Have we focused too much on new trends in education while neglecting a knowledge-rich approach? Can we reverse the trajectory in international rankings by returning to fundamentals and laying better foundations? To help uncover some of the challenges and opportunities in A...
Dr Joseph Henrich | WEIRD Minds-Why the West is psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous
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World-renowned biological anthropologist and best-selling author Dr Joseph Henrich presents a Ramsay Lecture titled ‘WEIRD Minds: How religion, marriage and the family made the West psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous’. According to Dr Henrich, an accumulating body of evidence reveals not only substantial global variation along several important psychological dimensions, includ...
Peter Boghossian | The Socratic Method in the Western Tradition
Просмотров 13 тыс.Год назад
How do we have “impossible conversations”? What is the basis of belief? How do we disagree fruitfully across philosophical, ideological, and religious divides? The Socratic Method is a form of argumentative dialogue based on asking and answering questions to draw out ideas and underlying assumptions. In this lecture, Peter Boghossian, a former Philosophy Professor at Portland State University a...
Paul Kelly | John Lee |Dave Sharma | Western Civilisation: An Australian View
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What form does Western civilisation take in modern Australia? What are our unique considerations on being part of the West? How has Western civilisation shaped our past and present, and how will it influence our future? Listen to three accomplished Australians in this Ramsay Lecture panel discussion, as they explore Western civilisation from an Australian perspective: *The Australian newspaper’...
John Minford | Four Classics of Chinese Literature: Thoughts from Another Great Civilisation
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John Minford | Four Classics of Chinese Literature: Thoughts from Another Great Civilisation
Kim Beazley | Australian Self-Reliance: The Task for Our Defence Review
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Kim Beazley | Australian Self-Reliance: The Task for Our Defence Review
What are the Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarships?
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What are the Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarships?
Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you?
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Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you?
Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Roseanna Bricknell
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Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Roseanna Bricknell
Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Matthew Sharp
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Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Matthew Sharp
Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Jack Hume
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Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Jack Hume
Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Blaise Joseph, NY University
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Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Blaise Joseph, NY University
Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Ben Crocker
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Where could a Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship take you? 2021 Scholar Ben Crocker
The St. John’s College, Annapolis, Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship
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The St. John’s College, Annapolis, Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship
Mary Eberstadt | How the West Really Lost God
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Mary Eberstadt | How the West Really Lost God
2022 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation keynote address by Emeritus Professor Steven Schwartz AM
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2022 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation keynote address by Emeritus Professor Steven Schwartz AM
2022 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation address by 2021 Scholar Chelsea Wallis
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2022 Ramsay Postgraduate Orientation address by 2021 Scholar Chelsea Wallis
Roosevelt Montás |The Liberal Arts: why they matter more than ever
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Roosevelt Montás |The Liberal Arts: why they matter more than ever
I stopped listening when he had the gall to say that the Chinese civilization is equal to that of the West. 🤡
What an ending!
No-fault divorce feminism driven subversion of family values and social cohesion
Jeez. These boring intros - about their patrons and selves. I just want to hear the speaker especially Mary Eberstadt
Bettany Hughes is so brilliant. I can listen to her for hours
Good critique of the H1B visa around 1:21:45.
It happens when the brain grows Dickton
Magisterial. How fortunate we are in Australia to have Kyle Wilson.
This is as myopic as it is paranoid. I don't doubt Mr Wilson's learning, but I approached this expecting some insight and instead feel cheated of my time for this shallow, tired caricature of Russia and Putin as bogey. Genghis Khan incarnate? Please! The only nod given in the whole video to the possibility that Putin is genuinely on the defensive is in Professor Haines' introduction, in which he graciously allows that "arguably" the history of the current conflict in Ukraine stretches back further than 2022. Between 2014 and 2022, some 14,000 people lost their lives, the majority of them ethnic Russians in the regions Russia now occupies. That Ukraine has been crawling with American intelligence since at least 2012, with the CIA having established some 21 bases along the border with Russia is not mentioned. Neither is the well-documented involvement of the CIA in the Maidan coup. Nor is it mentioned that Putin and Zelensky had been on the brink of a peace deal a mere two months into the conflict, but that deal was scuppered by UK PM Boris Johnson, who promised full Western backing to Zelensky. Not a mention is made of the extent to which this war represents wholesale asset-stripping of Ukraine by US corporations, nor that the US arms industry has profited exorbitantly from the conflict, with US arms exports at record levels since the conflict began. There is no reason to doubt that Putin is a hard man, but I'm afraid Mr Wilson is still living in the last century if he's take the time to understand the dynamics at play here and can't see that the US is the menace in this picture. Bully for Oz on getting into AUKUS. Was that your cue to get in on the propaganda game? As with most propaganda, this was so crude it's damn near insulting.
I’m afraid you are just showing your ignorance. There is no well-documented evidence of CIA involvement in Maidan. That is pure Russian disinformation. Even most tankies who regurgitate claim don’t actually have any evidence for it. The whole canard about 14,000 ethnic Russians dying at the hands of Kyiv is likewise sourced from the Kremlin. The 14,000 was total soldiers and civilians killed on both sides, a majority of soldiers being Ukrainians. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that altogether about 3,100 local civilians were killed in eight years of fighting from 2014-2022. In 2020-2021 there were only 51 civilian deaths in total, the lowest number of annual casualties, many from land mines laid by Russian forces. The OSCE Monitoring Mission reported that 85% of weapons-related ceasefire violations in 2021 came from the Russian side. What has become clear with time is that the so-called “separatist” uprising in the Donbas, which started not longer after Yanukovych fled, was not very spontaneous at all. This has been well documented by many journalists and organisations, including Russian democrats, and admitted by Russians involved in organising it, such as Igor Girkin of MH17 infamy.
Sending gratitude from a Daoist monastery near Seattle (USA)!
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Well done and excellent dissertation by Miss Pluckrose!
Woah wo back up elaborate more on the trojan war "NOT HAPPENING"
In Hinduism it’s said if you own the mirror you own the world. I think it’s Hinduism it was mister deepak I heard it from
I like how her body looks natural in paintings and not starved from food
Love makes men yield and obey. They give themselves to you when they love you.
Nudeness is symbolical in religions as the true beauty within someone, being shy myself i look at that statue “that’s me, I’m “nude” I can’t help but be true but I want to cover up because I’m shy
Hmm, so what have I stumbled across here! A bunch of brain washed individuals who are Anti-Establishment, Anti-Authoritarian who hate and are jealous of wealth. This whole "Greed" thing is getting a bit tired now. And, this woman works in government? They love to spread conspiracy theories! It's strange how Adolf Hitler was also a socialist, who hated capitalism. Is this history repeating itself.
Goodness! How awfully 19c - no acknowledgement of the First Nations traditional owners of the country where this took place. How awfully twee of you... I did note your speaker was clearly inhabiting the 21c - he acknowledged traditional owners...
21:30 I hope that he sets him straight - The Chinese have lost the meanings in the symbols used in the I Ching. Like we have lost the meanings in our words. Logos as example, or equanimity, or better yet: faith. Faith: In Greek, Sanskrit, Hebrew... It means trust in the path you follow - not a blind belief... Vicissitudes: the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune are our building blocks: they are who we are, our victories and failures both.
15:00 Tao. Translated by the Jesuits as God(logos). I would suggest they should have used Lucretius' Rerum Natura. The Physics of existence. The Tao of Humanity, of Heaven, and Earth. A cycle that we must work within and with, not try to deny or oppose. s The word Tao was translated by the Jesuit Father Régis as Vis Operativa et Operandi, Via, Ratio, Lex = Operative Power and Work, Way, Reason, Law. 21:30 I hope that he sets him straight - The Chinese have lost the meanings in the symbols used in the I Ching. Like we have lost the meanings in our words. Logos as example, or equanimity, or better yet: faith. Faith: In Greek, Sanskrit, Hebrew... It means trust in the path you follow - not a blind belief... Vicissitudes: the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune are our building blocks: they are who we are, our victories and failures both. 26:00 It was, until simplified characters... 28:45 : with that definition of the Tao: I would share the English word 'Providence'...
7:00 The Smallness, Like Therese of Lisieux's Little Way... Like the translator I have come to appreciate the classics, East and West: with new eyes. Ones not jaded, but appreciative of what is shared and not what is unique.
Save you wasting your time, the west are prosperous by being the most violent ppl on earth - evading and stealing resources And having this “Jesus died for our sins” complex compounded with a certain chosen ppl feeling completely entitled and absolved to destroy the world for money
I found my way here because of a Chinese made video game called Black Myth: Wukong but what I did not know is that I had already been introduced to classical Chinese literatures, the ideas, the philosophy, ideology, logical criticality and social comedy because of the likes of, what I regard as Monkey Magic the TV show, the writings of the great Science Fiction writers suck as Philip K Dick, Issac Asimov, Frank Herbert and Cixin Lui, to name but a few. Thank you very much for this video and conversation of Chinese literature. Slainte mhath to all!
I am delighted to have found this video, it has led me to his books. I know them both but not with his special quality...
'The unexamined life is not worth living'? But we can never know! Because to decide if it's worth living, we have to examine it! At which point it's no longer unexamined ...
Comment for traction.
I guess I sort of see you point on technology around the 30 minute mark. It's hard to imagine them not changing things though, but at least that change being guided? Just two quick examples that may fit, on urbanism channels you tend to see a lot of talk about how ever bigger pickup trucks make pedestrians, bikers, and now sedan drivers unable to use the roads safely. If you compare 1950s pickup trucks to now, wow they are enmormous. And so in this immense freedom to drive whatever you want, you prevent other ways of using technology. It breaks good order. The problem is we are so steeped in this freedom that having controls on technology, such as only computers that don't play videos but are just for text or audio at most so as to not let mankind waste away inside like I am now, is hard to be envisioned. The other example in my head is from my hobby, airsoft, where different weapons or gear mean that organisation or ways of doing combat are often reduced into a chaotic blob because there is immense freedom to use whatever you want and play however you want during standard open plays without stricter rules. I guess the question is though, is the sort of controlled usage of technology by Amish, which is less controlled than in the past where they wouldn't have done that, just them slipping? Is it some social capital that holds them together despite the technology that is being eroded by its use? Just like us in the 1950s? Idk, its just truly is hard to imagine how a tractor or any other technologies, regardless of community control would not transform society and break it in ways. But yeah we guess it certainly a hope that regardless of our ability ot edit genetics or inject people with opposite sex hormones that proper political technology would prevent that, and I guess with nukes, or murder, or any other crime, that can be, (albeit imperfectly, though not on nukes yet) seen.
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One of me Raja yoga teachers - has said the same. What now ? Fare thee well - in life's journey.
That was great.
Love the question at about 1:16:28.........
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Hi Bettany! Don’t know if you will see this or not but wanted to reach out to you. I loved this lecture, very interesting and informative. Have also viewed many of your tours and especially liked the Nile trip. I love the passion you have for your subject matters it really makes them stand out. Not wanting to be coarse but you are a beautiful lady as well.
Pluckrose has managed to clearly lay out a complicated and often muddled epistemological topic
I am grateful universe THANK YOU FOR WHAT IVE OVERCOME
She’s a professor of economics? I'll give you my viewpoint as to why you should not listen to this economist. “Get off your couch and do something. Government can’t do anything.” She also gleefully said that this is an amazing time to be an economist, and then the 60 minute Australian interviewer pushed back on her statement and told her what about all the suffering and she backtracked on her statement which has done massive damage to the middle class with huge income inequality. We were watching her on TV and once she made these statements, even my friend said she’s an idiot. Conservative economist like this lady push austerity and they look at the national debt just like household debt, which is nonsense because a household is not have its own currency. They also use the national debt as a scare tactic to promote the idea that the nation is broke this intern causes the promotion of austerity which is to cut government social programs and infrastructure spending that benefit the poor, middle class and the upper middle class. If you think that having an economics degree is just like having a dental degree where dentists have a general consensus on how to fix teeth you’re wrong. There are two dominant economists out there conservative and progressive economists. Conservative economist like this lady are the ones who have been promoting Supply so trickle down economics for the last 45 years and pushing austerity policies Right wing/conservative economist like this lady have completely different viewpoints on how to run an economies as compared progressive demand side left leaning economists. If you want to see which countries have the best economic outcomes I suggest you do a comparison. In fact, one of the best comparisons is to compare Republican states to democratic states in terms of life expectancy, pollution, crime, incarceration rates, poverty rates, addiction, inequality, etc. Google or RUclips the definition of conservative Neoliberal political economic policies over the last 45 years and what they’ve done to the world. Conservative politicians promote these kinds of economists. Oh and like most conservatives she's part of the anti-vax movement because that's evil big government. God help us.
Merci Boucoup❤
Wow this is such an inspiration. As a Chinese, I am also learning from the Western civilization, the Greek Roman, Judeo Christian Civilization, Islamic Civilization. It makes me look back at my own cultural background and I feel so warm that people from other cultural backgrounds can reach Chinese civilization at this depth. It’s such an encouragement for me. In the world full of chaos and conflicts, I am in search for peace and beauty in all. Thank you.
What an experience listening to him! Now I am saddled with the obligation to read the many thousands of pages of Chinese classics. 🫣😅
7:00 Yikes! With selective framing how the US "entered" WWII, why bother listening further? Hint: You need to broaden your intro-foundations for more "awakened" audiences! 😜
I was disappointed
Important and good talk … thank you for sharing … a humble contribution … part of the problem in the West … is that we confuse vocational training … with education … and we need to ask ourselves … are these two the same … I’d suggest not … while vocational training produces teachers, nurses, lawyers, accountants, programmers and the like … is education not about moral enlightenment, the capacity to reason and discern and being an upright citizen … about self-knowledge … and self-mastery … and I’m not talking about the limits of the vocation of psychology … my area of vocation … and I find so often PhD colleagues I work with … to really be quite dull and incapable of discerning some of the very simple things … and education will inquire into those bigger questions around spirituality and the profound beyond the profane … 🙏
Brittany should look into the Electric Universe Paradigm, found on the Thunderbolts Project channel, for our planet's TRUE origins, along with the true origins of ALL of the mythologies found around the world because the oldest ones all share the same elements and iconography. She would learn that the literal planet Venus was the source of ALL goddess myths- from Beautiful to Wrathful and Destructive. The history of the Earth, Venus, Mars and Saturn are interwoven and COMPLETELY different from everything astronomy and astrophysics believes and teaches to be fact. Our solar system was a COMPLETELY different place not so long ago. Indeed, the image she shows at 12:00 is of Venus the Destroyer. Note the large star looking symbol prominently placed in between the two figures. That is Venus as an 8 pointed star with MARS as the navel looking disc in front. Her attempts to warp the ancient Hellene views with marxism/feminism, such and such "misogyny", are quite silly and superficial. The ancients and all traditional cultures fear, respect, worship all of the Divine forces equally. Modern, Christian derived views of Greek religion will by definition be superficial and myopic, whether it's women or men doing the writing. However, this feminist/marxist notion that "Beauty" is not "serious" is one of the most ridiculous of concepts.
You are amazing, I am tour guide in İstanbul and you have learned many things from you and I have been experiencing my city much more better after reading your book. Thank you.
Great pics. Thanks Cam. Your sister from Tennessee, US.
Like how she doubts Aphrodite’s existence when she’s been around and worshipped by THOUSANDS of people for THOUSANDS of years and is even worshipped to this day. Yet, Christianity is one of the newest religions and so easily excepted with FAR LESS PROOF than ANY Pagan religion. And here I was about to buy her book to learn more about Aphrodite’s history but NOT NOW!!! With that mindset she’s one of the last people who needs to be writing a book about any kind of deities, whether she’s a historian or not. Leave that to people who ACTUALLY BELIEVE in what they are writing!!! What a bigot!!!
❤ lovely great lecture
This is the white Supremacist elite talking point. And the female running dog 🐕 aiming to take down China by the Ausi regime. Together the fake news media paying for the propaganda
What a fool believes; HE SEES - Speaks to the reliability of observations made by those whose very perception of reality is poisoned by preconceived notions that are accepted and retained without critical evaluation. One false belief can do long term damage to one's ability to understand factual reality. There are more than one cautionary aspects to the Doobies' admonition there. Great observation your questioner raises here too - I've constantly been stimulated to practice analysis by culturally sourced cues, delivered by critically thinking artists.