Nijat Huseynov

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness... I love only that which they defend.” — J.R.R. Tolkien (Letter to Christopher Tolkien, 1944)

A short thread of some photos, if of interest. 1. Wideshot of the Library. 2. Wideshot of the Latin Room. 3. Desk and mantelpiece (mostly 17th-19th-century editions of Latin and Greek) 4. Rotating bookcase (Latin texts), guarded by Cali.

to my shame, I had never even heard of Pedro Páramo before the Guardian’s 100 list last week. I’m almost finished it now. it’s asking the world of me but it’s just fantastic. so strange and otherworldly. what’s going on half the time? god knows. i’m in for the ride though.

The "9-to-5 workday" rule is based on ZERO evidence. Ford Motor Company invented it in 1926 to sell more products, not to help workers perform better. Here's the shocking truth about how you should really be working: (1/12)

If schools and universities refuse to teach the great books of the West, we will do it ourselves. We started an independent group to study the Great Texts of the Western canon, together. ...and we are now 600 members strong! 🙌 What should we add to our reading list??

Because the Arabs castrated them. They had the scrotums and penises of African slaves amputated to prevent them from reproducing. Arab-Muslims ran the largest slave trade in history. And they are still kidnapping Africans and selling them as slaves to this day.

This Roman fountain is still doing what it was built to do nearly 1,850 years ago. At Sagalassos in Ağlasun, Burdur, Türkiye, the Antonine Nymphaeum was built around 161 to 180 AD in the city’s Upper Agora. Look at the green water moving beneath the blue-grey columns. This was not just decoration, but civic theater in stone, water, and imperial prestige.

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