I suppose it's common knowledge that Marcus Aurelius followed stoicism, but I wonder if others embraced philosophies or at least had sympathies towards them. A historical context would be grand.

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books -Books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, "What is history, but a fable Agreed upon?"

I thought the indigenous people of Singapore would be peoples like the Orang Laut, who seem to have lived as indigenous groups working for past polities but not directly making themselves geopolitically relevant. But a lot of people have been saying that Malays are the indigenous people of Singapore, even though it seems like most of them also immigrated here with the Chinese and Indians, and Malaysia itself has its own designated indigenous groups, so it doesn't make seems for them to both be so simply considered indigenous? IMO, it's a little like claiming that Italians are the indigenous people of Nice and Mexicans are the indigenous people of California. Maybe it also involves how we define indigenous peoples? Not too sure.

John Locke really want to free the people? Or did he just want to set the terms?

I've been thinking recently, is there any record of premodern people and their thoughts or experiences with static electricity?

When I touch my car door handle and get shocked, I understand what happened. But, I can just imagine getting ready for morning farmwork and getting blasted when grabbing my plow. My feelings would range from mild confusion to downright terror.

I recently read an article by Common Dreams that said that 77% of South Koreans supported either Socialism or Communism as per a survey in 1946. Tankies I have argued with use that number to say that South Korea is an illegitimate state or that the USA was the aggressor in the war.

To what extent is this true?

East or west, whether their utility or status symbol, the concept of a sword has a mythical significance as the ultimate weapon. THE weapon. Why? What makes it different to the Lance or the bow, who seem to have a greater effect in actual warfare. Or is it that only modern revisionism in our pop culture and it was just considered another tool?

I've seen in loads of films and TV pirates been portrayed as more egalitarian than European society and I know there was some crews and famous figures that proved this true: Anne Bonney, Mary Read and Black Caesar aboard Blackbeard's crew.

But one thing that I've always wondered was that - weren't most European pirates form racist, sexist, slave-trading societies? How could they suddenly switch to equality?

So where the pirates listed above just exceptions or were most crews really tolerant?

China was posing seemingly little resistance, the Soviet Union had shown no intention of invading, and the United States was making significant gains in the South Pacific.

Was there a specific reason why so many troops were left on the mainland right up to the end of the war?

I started to watch a show called Britannia and it claimed that Julius Caesar invaded Britannia for it's Tin mines. This does not make sense to me since most Romans at the time believed Britannia to be a mythical land so how would Caeser know they had Tin? I was always under the belief that Caeser saw an opportunity to get some more street cred back on Rome by doing a quick landing. It always made sense to me because that was always the kind of guy Caeser was. So what was the reason for his invasion? Was it the Tim he some how knew about? Was it to make himself look good amongst the Romans? Or is there another reason?

Apologies for the awkward phrasing but what I’m really asking is how similar was the Roman Senate to modern legislative bodies such as the US Congress or the British Parliament. Like did the Senate have committees in the way modern legislative bodies do? Did they have officers (ie a leader, a whip, majority leader etc.)? Did they have specific responsibilities and how were they chosen (like districts, or constituencies etc.)?

So we all know the story of how Zeus rose up against the Titans rebelled killed his father and took his place. After these events you don't hear much from Zeus's mother Rhea. The only thing I read was that she remained prominent. Are their any stories she was involved in after the Olympians took over or does she just fade into the background?

Perhaps with a little cold water or soaking if necessary but not always. Definitely no soap, vinegar, bleach, etc. I have a friend who cleans this way and I'd like to properly insult them. Calling them a caveman is too vague. What do we know about when different cleaning methods developed?