It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.

Karl Marx (Marx Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 269.)

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  • I’ve read Aeschylus, some Plato, not that much. But I’d say it depends on what you want to learn from that. If you ask me, I’d be interested in the Greeks by how were they later interpreted by authors like Kant, Spinoza, Hegel, etc. So I’d say go for Hesiod, Homer, since both of them provide the background for all the Greeks after them and then go for the Milesians, and the other presocratics (which includes Heraclitus) and then Plato and so on. I wouldnt bother with the Romans but maybe thats just ignorance from my part. I dont know if my naswer was good enough but let me know, i am currently to start to read some other greek text so maybe we could help each other!









  • Brazil mobilized troops so that Venezuela doesn’t invade Guyana through Brazil’s border, since it is the easiest way, it is not supporting Guyana at the moment. I highly doubt Guyana can conscript much troops, and even if they do they are untrained men without the proper equipment, even if Venezuela is less successful at conscription they could still get 100.000 men more and that’s already half the population of Guyana if we keep in mind the other 300.000. There’s not amount of support imperialist can give for this war to end in favour of Guyana.


  • Brazil’s Minister of Defense, José Múcio, stressed Wednesday that the Armed Forces will “guarantee” security on the triple border the country shares with Venezuela and Guyana in the state of Roraima, whose territory will not be used by troops from any foreign country. “Brazil has to guarantee its borders and our borders are more than guaranteed. We will not allow it. That I assure you”, emphasized the Minister of Defense when asked about the latest developments related to the territorial conflict between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region. Minister Múcio’s assessment lies in the fact that the disputed region divides Venezuela and Guyana through lush jungles, so that the least costly access would be by sea or through Brazilian territory, for which reason the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has already ordered to reinforce the military presence there. The Minister of Defense announced this week that by order of President Lula he had doubled the number of military troops deployed to this border, from the initial 70,000 to 130,000, in addition to sending some twenty armored vehicles. Lula da Silva already conveyed to the Venezuelan side that Brazil “would not support any foolish gesture” in this matter during the visit of presidential advisor Celso Amorim to Caracas a few days ago, according to the Brazilian news portal G1. The territorial dispute dates back to the 19th century, when a

    https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/12/06/brasil-garantiza-que-venezuela-no-usara-su-territorio-en-la-disputa-con-guyana/