Semiticus

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Semiticus.


Guns, Germs, and ...
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (24%)
May 02, 2022 04:37PM

 
Storm of Steel
Semiticus is currently reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Gallic War
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 24 books that Semiticus is reading…
Loading...
Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī
“Reason forbade me many things which,
Instinctively, my nature was attracted to;
And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing,
I believe a falsehood or deny the truth.”
Abu Al-Alaa Al-Maarri

Voltaire
“It is given to us to calculate, to weigh, to measure, to observe, this is natural philosophy; almost all the rest is chimera.”
Voltaire

Mike Ma
“When you are with women, you are alone.When you are with homosexuals, you are alone.When you are with men far oustide your socioeconomic class, you are alone. You will, for a majority of your life, be alone. Some people are lucky enough to find like-minded men of similar status.Those are the men that you stand by for life.”
Mike Ma , Harassment Architecture

Rémi Brague
“The great philosophers of Islam were amateurs, and they pursued philosophy during their leisure hours: Farabi was a musician, Avicenna a physician and a vizier, Averroes a judge. Avicenna did philosophy at night, surrounded by his disciples, after a normal workday. And he did not refuse a glass of wine to invigorate him a bit and keep him on his toes. Similarly, among the Jews, Maimonides was a physician and a rabbinic judge, Gersonides was an astronomer (and astrologer), and so on. The great Jewish or Muslim philosophers attained the same summits as the great Christian Scholastics, but they were isolated and had little influence on society. In medieval Europe, philosophy became a university course of studies and a pursuit that could provide a living….You can be a perfectly competent rabbi or imam without ever having studied philosophy. In contrast, a philosophical background is a necessary part of the basic equipment of the Christian theologian. It has even been obligatory since the Lateran Council of 1215.”
Rémi Brague

“I divide my officers into four classes as follows: The clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities.

Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can under certain circumstances be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite nerves and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous.”
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

137714 Political Philosophy and Ethics — 6434 members — last activity 8 hours, 42 min ago
Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
41147 Discovering Russian Literature — 3024 members — last activity Mar 02, 2026 04:52PM
Whether you are a newbie or an expert or simply love Russian literature... Welcome! This is a friendly group where you can share your thoughts an ...more
19860 Classics and the Western Canon — 4959 members — last activity 9 hours, 18 min ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
year in books
Dmitri
983 books | 264 friends

Hemen K...
695 books | 119 friends

Oliver ...
2,720 books | 431 friends

Jamie S...
685 books | 188 friends

Phrodrick
3,321 books | 403 friends

Ismail ...
1,441 books | 210 friends

Jen
Jen
15,133 books | 201 friends

Nathan ...
1,295 books | 4 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Semiticus

Lists liked by Semiticus