Daemosthene
@daemosthene.bsky.social
Enthusiast of Camus, Nietzsche, and Machiavelli. I post about philosophy and the burden of existence. History is steeped in blood; wield words like a blade.
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Little comparison for you, you ghoul:
September 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Little comparison for you, you ghoul:
Virgil teaches: strength must precede weakness.
August 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Virgil teaches: strength must precede weakness.
Five Books Every Man Needs to Read.
August 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Five Books Every Man Needs to Read.
Virgil teaches: duty comes before love.
August 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Virgil teaches: duty comes before love.
Sipping on a milkshake, watching a nerd do nerd shit instead of working.
Life is beautiful.
Life is beautiful.
July 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Sipping on a milkshake, watching a nerd do nerd shit instead of working.
Life is beautiful.
Life is beautiful.
Chilling with my lady (bug) friend and reading the Federalist Papers.
July 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Chilling with my lady (bug) friend and reading the Federalist Papers.
The most beautiful writer was Camus.
July 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The most beautiful writer was Camus.
Every man born into this world is blessed.
July 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Every man born into this world is blessed.
I recommend:
- The Republic by Plato
- The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
- The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
- The Republic by Plato
- The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
- The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
July 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I recommend:
- The Republic by Plato
- The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
- The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
- The Republic by Plato
- The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
- Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
- The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
Even in peace, the plague watches and waits.
July 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Even in peace, the plague watches and waits.
Roman bathhouse still in use in Algeria.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
July 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Roman bathhouse still in use in Algeria.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Fight while you can.
July 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Fight while you can.
Read "The Plague" by Albert Camus.
July 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Read "The Plague" by Albert Camus.
True strength comes from self-discovery, truly knowing oneself.
Only when you know your enemy can you hope to defeat him.
Only when you know your enemy can you hope to defeat him.
July 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
True strength comes from self-discovery, truly knowing oneself.
Only when you know your enemy can you hope to defeat him.
Only when you know your enemy can you hope to defeat him.
Only where darkness resides can light exist.
July 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Only where darkness resides can light exist.
Nietzsche didn't wield a pen but a hammer.
Read Nietzsche to shatter illusions.
Read Nietzsche to shatter illusions.
July 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Nietzsche didn't wield a pen but a hammer.
Read Nietzsche to shatter illusions.
Read Nietzsche to shatter illusions.
With "God is dead," Nietzsche warned us that the meaning of our lives must be forged from within, not from without.
Burn false idols.
Burn false idols.
July 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
With "God is dead," Nietzsche warned us that the meaning of our lives must be forged from within, not from without.
Burn false idols.
Burn false idols.
Nietzche teaches strength in solitude.
“I am a law only for my own, I am not a law for all.” means daring to stand apart from the herd—to find your own path in life.
“I am a law only for my own, I am not a law for all.” means daring to stand apart from the herd—to find your own path in life.
July 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Nietzche teaches strength in solitude.
“I am a law only for my own, I am not a law for all.” means daring to stand apart from the herd—to find your own path in life.
“I am a law only for my own, I am not a law for all.” means daring to stand apart from the herd—to find your own path in life.
Wisdom comes from deliberate study; it is never accidental. It arises from setting your shoulder to the stone.
July 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wisdom comes from deliberate study; it is never accidental. It arises from setting your shoulder to the stone.
The Battle of Marathon—and it's not even close.
It has everything.
It has everything.
July 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Battle of Marathon—and it's not even close.
It has everything.
It has everything.
Something’s been bugging me for months:
- Walls of text I didn’t want to read
- Drafts that didn’t sound sharp enough
- Claims I couldn’t back up
- Arguments that didn’t hold together
So I built Mimir.
Launching tomorrow.
- Walls of text I didn’t want to read
- Drafts that didn’t sound sharp enough
- Claims I couldn’t back up
- Arguments that didn’t hold together
So I built Mimir.
Launching tomorrow.
June 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Something’s been bugging me for months:
- Walls of text I didn’t want to read
- Drafts that didn’t sound sharp enough
- Claims I couldn’t back up
- Arguments that didn’t hold together
So I built Mimir.
Launching tomorrow.
- Walls of text I didn’t want to read
- Drafts that didn’t sound sharp enough
- Claims I couldn’t back up
- Arguments that didn’t hold together
So I built Mimir.
Launching tomorrow.
Profound meanings and philosophy are everywhere for those with the eyes to see.
June 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Profound meanings and philosophy are everywhere for those with the eyes to see.
War is the blade of politics—never forget.
Clausewitz famously calls war "war is the continuation of policy with other means," yet we still feign surprise when it behaves as such.
Learn the logic of politics, and history falls into place.
Clausewitz famously calls war "war is the continuation of policy with other means," yet we still feign surprise when it behaves as such.
Learn the logic of politics, and history falls into place.
June 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
War is the blade of politics—never forget.
Clausewitz famously calls war "war is the continuation of policy with other means," yet we still feign surprise when it behaves as such.
Learn the logic of politics, and history falls into place.
Clausewitz famously calls war "war is the continuation of policy with other means," yet we still feign surprise when it behaves as such.
Learn the logic of politics, and history falls into place.
The strongest leaders bleed.
Caesar put his life on the line with his men in Gaul.
Napoleon had to be dragged off the field by his marshals at Waterloo.
The righteous ruler knows that a crown should not keep you from danger.
The righteous ruler bleeds alongside his men.
Caesar put his life on the line with his men in Gaul.
Napoleon had to be dragged off the field by his marshals at Waterloo.
The righteous ruler knows that a crown should not keep you from danger.
The righteous ruler bleeds alongside his men.
June 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The strongest leaders bleed.
Caesar put his life on the line with his men in Gaul.
Napoleon had to be dragged off the field by his marshals at Waterloo.
The righteous ruler knows that a crown should not keep you from danger.
The righteous ruler bleeds alongside his men.
Caesar put his life on the line with his men in Gaul.
Napoleon had to be dragged off the field by his marshals at Waterloo.
The righteous ruler knows that a crown should not keep you from danger.
The righteous ruler bleeds alongside his men.
Empires decay from indulgence, not invasion.
The Senate didn't topple Rome; the senatorial banquets did.
Virtue flees gilded halls like a terrified child, long before the barbarians arrive.
The Senate didn't topple Rome; the senatorial banquets did.
Virtue flees gilded halls like a terrified child, long before the barbarians arrive.
June 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Empires decay from indulgence, not invasion.
The Senate didn't topple Rome; the senatorial banquets did.
Virtue flees gilded halls like a terrified child, long before the barbarians arrive.
The Senate didn't topple Rome; the senatorial banquets did.
Virtue flees gilded halls like a terrified child, long before the barbarians arrive.