by Domagoj Vaci I suspect the evil behind Jehova (back then, the insignificant l

by Domagoj Vaci

I suspect the evil behind Jehova (back then, the insignificant local deity of insignificant Hebrews) is in fact the Persian devil Ahura Mazda.

The entire naturalist pre-socratic philosophy came to be as an expression of a Ionian Greek resistance to this dualistic religionism of Persian imperial project.

Alexander was a simple hick who was only good at breaking the military power of East while polluting the culture of Greek city-states under his yoke with eastern piety, petrifying Greek reason.

Although, the “pre-Socratic” is a bit too wide definition. I should say Ionians, precisely Milesian school (Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes) who invented philosophy to begin with and subjected their reasoning to crude empiricism.

This development culminates with the Atomists Leucippus and Democritus who were also Ionian Greeks. Pythagoras was a mystic who took his cues from Egypt and Heraclitus was a dissatisfied Aristocrat who worshiped fire, just like Zoroastrian priesthood. I guess we can consider them odd ducks in this development.

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(Curt: I would say that alexander was not a simple hick, especially from his letters to Aristotle. But that yes, in search of ending the persian menace, he sought power not just rule, and yes he infected the west with the persian disease.)