West's Attitude Towards The East Rome was saves in A.D. 408 by three thousand pounds of pepper imported from India as part of the ransom the Senate paid to Alaric the Goth; ever since, when Europe found itself in an impasse or in a questing mood, it has turned yearning to the land of culinary and spiritual spices. The greatest influence during Dark Ages was Augustine, who influenced by Plotinius, who was influenced by Indian mysticism. Long before Aldous Huxley found in Yoga a remedy for our Brave New World, Schopenhauer called the Upanishads the consolation of his life; and the first generation of the Nuclear Age seems to have found a like solace in Zen. On the Whole, the west receptiveness to the voice of the East was limited to periods of spiritual emergency, to moods of futility and despair; its attitude to Asia was either that of the conqueror armed with his gun-and-gospel truth, or that of the pilgrim in zackcloth...
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Once upon a time, exactly 500 years ago, From 1520-1566 to be exact, there was a Ottoman Sultan(king) known as "Suleiman the Magnificent" who was fond of glorifying himself with all his titles. Imagine how Muslim-phobic Donald Trump and his white supremacist murderous gang would improve upon the panegyrics of Sultan the Magnificent in the coming days by adding among other things such as, * kidnapper of Venezuelan President *murderer Iranian Supreme leader * Bomber -in-chief of Iran *Companion of Nethenyahu who already has murdered more than 70000 Palestinians. *killer of 160 children at one stroke * killer of 104 Iranian sailors close to the Sri Lankan waters * Bosom friend of the convicted sex-trafficker Jeffery Epstein whose sex-island he has not bombed but frequently visited, etc.,etc. NOW read Sultan's achievements! I, who am sultan of the Sultans of East and West, fortunate lord of the dom...
Trump and Zeus Megalomaniac Baby killer Donald Trump is not just a king. He is the ALMIGHTY GOD ZEUS Himself ! Exaggeration? NO! Just compare his braggadocio with that of Zeus as reported by HOMER : " As dawn spread her saffron mantle over the world, ZEUS, who delights in thunder , called the gods to a conference on the highest of Olympus' many peaks. He opened it himself, and all attended carefully. "listen' he said , you gods and goddesses, while I tell you what I have resolved. I am determined , to bring this business to a speedy close, and with that end in view I give you my ruling, which no god or goddesses must defy - you must accept it, every one of you. If I find any god taking an INDEPENDENT course and going to the Trojan's or the Dannans' help, he shall be thrashed ignominiously and packed off to Olympus. Or I will sei...