#croatian philosophy

[cogitoinloathing]

It's a great pity that we live in the age where it's exceptional to say "You are enough as you are." Not just because it's true, but because in my heart of hearts I cannot agree. I need to repay the affection poured into me, I need to be exceptional.

Lidija Riječić, 'Smrt bjelog konja na Mjesecu', 1954

[portraitsofsaints]

Blessed Ivan Merz

1896-1928

Feast Day: May 10

Patronage: youth and youth ministers, military personnel, dentists, pulmonologists, philosophers, philologists, students, educators, liturgists, theologians, devotees of the Holy Eucharist, and lay faithful engaged in Christian apostolate.

Blessed Ivan Merz was born in Croatia, fought in WWI, and became a philosophy professor. During this time, he made a vow of chastity, wanting to remain a layperson, devoting himself to the Church, and evangelizing the youth. He promoted liturgical renewal, Catholic Action in Croatia (Croatian Union of Eagles), and Eucharist devotion and crusades. He died of inflammation of his facial cavities and brain.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[artistotel]

tips for traditional artists (mostly painters)

so while i primarily post doodles and such on this blog, my true passion is traditional art. :) i see a lot of tips for digital artists but rarely for traditional ones, so this is just my own experience (before anyone goes like "oP tHaT iS nOt UnIvErSaL eXpErIenCe" (i know this site well enough lol) if the advice doesnt sit well with you feel free to ignore it because i am def not an end it know it all. and nobody is because art is so broad and there is no right way to do it.

EQUIPMENT

so, first of all, in my language we have a saying "the tools dont make a master", meaning a true master could create with anything. i mean, sure, to a point, tools wont replace your ability to conceptualize art, but cmon.

equipment matters, especially when painting. i mostly work with acryllics and markers. lets talk about acryllics.

paints

its important to get at least okay quality paints. the stuff i use is not insanely expensive - croatia has limited offers, and i am poor. however, i tried paints for like 1€ from tedi and they are far inferior to goya's paints i use (3-4€ cca per 100ml. and those 100ml are going to last you a very looong time if you work on small scale paintings, and i even managed to fit in large ones).

ESPECIALLY THE WHITE PAINT. i cannot stress this enough. if youre gonna buy cheaply, buy everything cheap except for the white. make sure the white is good. it will serve as a thickener for other colours and good white can even do a good job of covering up the black paint.

brushes: get good brushes. if you paint frequently with bad brushes (like the ones i get from muller; they seem fine but ehhh im constantly changing them) you will be spending more in longer run than you would if you invested in something better. im not talking about 100€ packs made of donkey tail strands or whatever, i mean normal brushes, but look at reviews a bit. i once ordered like 10€ pack of brushes from amazon and they performed muller ones by far (and were cheaper); they left thicker paint and didnt get ruined after five uses.

markers

now see, i dont have any advice here, but i wanted to contrast it with my previous talk about how i purposefully buy good paint. well, i purposefully buy bad markers. really bad ones. because equipment often depends on what style you are after. i use flomasters, and they do what i want: and thats a cheap and trashy look.

canvases and papers

if youre gonna invest into something, invest into paints rather than canvases. you can trick a bad canvas by putting on multiple colour layers, you cant trick bad paints. but there are differences to bad and good canvases, of course. however, if youre just starting out, just go get a bad one; i take most of mine from tedi, or order online. you dont gotta spend billion of euros on them.

paper is also important. i am a painter and i bought a Leuchtturm1917 though unfit one, and was annoyed as to why everyone thought it was great. then i bought the one with specific sketchbook paper and it works fantastic. if youre painting, you need appropriate paper.

learn colour theory and some art history

yes i know this sounds boring. but its not. draw inspiration from your predecessors. there are people making oil paintings of modern things. you heard "dont shade with black" (and thats my personal mantra too) but chiaroscuro was a valid art movement. if you take a look at my own art you will most likely say: oh, thats pop art! and you would be right. i am inspired by roy lichtenstein, andy warhol, and other pop artists. but thats just the surface. my use of colour is inspired by the impressionist takes on it; i dont shade with darker colours, i shade with different ones. i shade red with blue, yellow with purple or red, and so on. if you look at the topics and subjects of my art, you will find surrealism. if you look at my approach to art itself, you might find influences of croatian naive. learn about actual philosophies behind art movements you like; you might find something for you.

ok these are just some general thoughts i had, id probably have more lol but thats it for now

[yugocar]

Serbian Folk Religion in 100 Terms // Narodna Religija Srba u 100 Pojmova (1991) - Dušan Bandić

"Dr. Dušan Bandić (1938-2004) was a professor of ethnology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and for a time the head of the Department of National Ethnology and Anthropology.'' - in my attempt to make more sources on ex-yu culture accessible, i've begun to scan and share some of the good material i've read! due to some expressed interest, here is a segment on vampires and watermills (which are connected to vampires)! - for folks who can read serbo-croatian and cyrillic, you can read the direct scans from the book here and for those of you who can't, i've translated the pages into english myself and you can read them here. hope some of you enjoy reading about vampires before they were sexy! if you are interested in reading any of the other segments, you can find a table of contents here and let me know which you'd like to see first. (note: while im fluent in english and put a lot of effort into these translations, i'm by no means a professional translator. my primary focus was that the facts were translated correctly and relayed what people believed)

[jokeroutsubs]

Joker Out on Croatian RTL. Translation by drumbeat

In addition we're adding the accompanying article translation:

They are the most popular Slovenian band. After the Eurovision Song Contest, the concert in Zagreb was sold out in five hours

One has a degree in chemical engineering, the other in philosophy* (T/N: mistake by the article, it's actually sociology), and he says he could imagine himself as a professor at a university.

Do you remember those five guys who represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest? The audience and the jury didn't like them too much, they finished only 21st. But the Croatian audience loves Joker Out. They announced the date of the concert in Zagreb, and sold all the tickets within five hours.

They want to dance all night, and everyone wants to listen to Joker Out today. They only finished 21st in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, so even the band members themselves did not expect to be recognized on the streets of Zagreb.

"We already had many fans in Slovenia, we know how to deal with that. But it's incredible that there are fans outside of Slovenia as well," says Kris Guštin , a member of the band.

These five sold out London, Liverpool, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Zagreb, which was gone in just five hours. They thought it would be much more difficult, that they would be selling three thousand tickets for months, but they didn't and now they are getting ready for their first big tour.

"In England, we will use a tour bus for the first time, and we are looking forward to that more than anything else," says Guštin.

Bojan Cvjetićanin adds: "A tour in Slovenia looks like this: you pack your suitcase and go to a concert. If it's more than an hour away from home, then you sleep there, so you don't need to return back in the middle of the night. So this is the first time we go outside the borders of Slovenia where there is no returning home on the same day".

There is no turning back because 10 million people have already listened to their song on Spotify. Europe has learned Slovenian since May, so carpe diem was sung in Helsinki, where Bojan performed with Käärijä, the Finnish representative from the Eurovision Song Contest.

"He invited me as a guest, I sang Carpe Diem and it was incredible that people sang in Slovenian. Later, they stopped me on the street, they asked to take a picture with us," claims Cvjetićanin.

They became friends with the Finn, but also with Let 3, so the invitation to group sex was also mentioned as a joke.

When asked about Let 3's impression, Guštin says: "As people, they are great. As far as I'm concerned, they were in the top 5 of visual performances. They were superb. And they admitted to us that their daughters are fans of our music".

Yes. Younger audiences love them, especially female fans. Bojan is already being called the Slovenian Harry Styles , and there have also been marriage offers.

"I already said that once, if everything fails for us - we can certainly get married," points out Cvjetićanin.

Until a month ago, few people talked about them, today they are an internet sensation who is preparing to be the opening act for Franz Ferdinand at Špancirfest in Varaždin. And what if they hadn't become a musical hit.

"We all have university degrees, I'm a chemical engineer, so I guess I would work in a factory, but luckily we became musicians. Thank God. Bojan graduated from sociology," Guštin points out.

"If I were to become a professor at the university, I wouldn't mind," concludes Cvjetićanin.

They wouldn't mind, but they're sticking to the music - at least for now. Well, maybe we will join them at the next concert.

[queer-scots-geordie-dyke]

So, I have finished putting together the folder of Mira’s various writings over the years, in time order, starting from the time she left the former Yugoslavia in 1991, right up until the end of August 2020, so she obviously was writing right up until she got sick. They are all either from her book of essays, Totalna Rasprodaja, published in Serbia in 2010, from her own website, mirafurlan.net, or from the Serbian entertainment site, nova.rs, who she wrote for in the year before her death.

There are 101 essays all together, covering many topics, from American politics (she was very clearly a leftist, and incredibly critical of right wing policies), her experiences with being an immigrant, her experiences in the acting business, social justice issues (she was a vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter, for example), her anti capitalist and anti war beliefs, the evils of nationalism and fascism and her experience of being a constant divisive figure in her homeland, to deeply philosophical writings about the nature of happiness and the purpose of our existence, to memories of fallen friends, and the importance of art as a means of conveying truth.

She was incredibly intelligent - her knowledge of history, literature, politics, and philosophy seems to be endless; genuinely funny - her darkly sarcastic wit had me laughing out loud on more than one occasion; deeply cynical at times - her wartime experience very obviously left scars that she carried for the rest of her life; deeply hopeful and open at others.

Anyone who would like a copy, send me an email address.

The essays from her book and from nova have been translated from Serbian/Croatian, so there may be slight grammatical errors, but I've gone over them and they are minor.

[mariacallous]

Students, professors and activists rallied in front of Novi Sad University’s Faculty of Philosophy on Friday to protest about a right-wing campaign against professor Dinko Gruhonjic, which has caused the faculty to close temporarily.

On Thursday, a group of young people entered the Faculty of Philosophy building, calling for Gruhonjic to be fired for what they allege were unacceptable comments about a World War II Croatian fascist concentration camp commander. They have remained inside the building since then, preventing others from entering.

The campaign for the dismissal of Gruhonjic, who has often criticised Serbia’s ruling elite and nationalism in the country, has been continuing for several weeks in Serbian far-right media and on social networks.

Gruhonjic has also been threatened. “In the past few days, I’ve probably received thousands of death threats and disgusting chauvinist insults,” he wrote in wrote in Danas newspaper earlier this week.

Faculty dean Ivana Zivancevic Sekerus said at Friday’s protest that the occupation of the faculty was an unprecedented event in its decades-long history.

Zivancevic Sekerus described the demand for Gruhonjic’s sacking as “an ultimatum to which we will not respond”, Radio 021 reported.

However, she expressed concern about a lack of support from her academic colleagues.

“Yesterday, I sent a message to all the deans of the University of Novi Sad and only one dean supported us,” she said.

The Faculty of Philosophy said on Thursday that it was closing temporarily to ensure the safety of students and staff during the blockade of the building.

“Considering the circumstances and possible risks to the safety of students and employees, as well as the possibility of endangering public order and peace, as well as the property of the Faculty of Philosophy, the Faculty has made a decision to suspend all its numerous activities until the conditions for uninterrupted work are met,” it said in a statement.

The occupation of the faculty came after the campaign against Gruhonjic escalated last week with the publication of a video on social media telling the audience at a public event that he has “a nice name, Dinko, like Dinko Sakic”.

Dinko Sakic was the commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp during World War II, which was managed by the fascist Ustasa movement in their Nazi puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia. The Ustasa killed over 83,000 people at the camp.

The video with the statement and photos of Sakic appeared to have been altered. Gruhonjic said after the video appeared that the sentence was taken from a speech he gave at an event in 2023, during which he made a joke.

He said the joke was referring to the fact that in previous campaigns against him, some right-wing groups and media called him ‘Sabahudin’, a Bosniak name.

“So I told them that there was no need to bother, since my name is already Dinko, like Dinko Sakic, who was discussed at the previous panel [at the event, about a book about Sakic’s trial in Croatia],” Gruhonjic wrote in Danas.

After the video was circulated online, Gruhonjic and students who supported him started to receive threats. Death threats were also spraypainted at the entrance to the building where Gruhonjic lives.

Sakic, who lived in Argentina under a false name after World War II, was extradited to Croatia in 1998. The following year he was sentenced to 20 years for war crimes. He died in a prison hospital in 2008.

[folkloresthings]

hi! congratulations on 1k! ☺️🤍

could i request jane eyre for f1? i’m currently studying english lit, law, history and chemistry for my a levels, i am superrr into reading, especially the classics (i’m making it my mission to read every dostoyevsky book atm). i’m also really interested in philosophy and astrophysics but tbh i have so many interests at this point it’s hard to keep track ��

i live in england but my family is croatian and greek-cypriot so when i’m not at school i spend most of my holidays with them. i’ve been really into music since i was young (the beatles, jeff buckley and bob marley are my faves), and i play piano and guitar! i’d definitely call myself a perfectionist. i put a lot of pressure on myself sometimes to be ‘perfect’ but i think i’m starting to get better at letting things go now. obviously i’m a massive f1 fan but i also really love football (i’m a chelsea fan tho so not much to be excited about at the moment lmao)

sorry this is so long 😭 thank you and once again congrats on 1k <3

i ship you with: oscar piastri! i can picture him with an academic/literature s/o so well. he loves to help you study, making his own little flash cards that he can quiz you on during exams. he’d feed your classics obsession, buying you all of the penguin hardback classics on sale. any time he gets some time off from racing, and you’re free too, you spend as much time in greece as you can. his chill mindset means he knows just how to talk you around when you’re hard on yourself. he loves to take you to football games, even if chelsea aren’t on the best streak rn rip

[loremasterling]

about me

noldo, she/her; last year of high school. i have approximately 8.5 months until my final exams which i want to pass - i plan on taking math, croatian, english, psychology, philosophy, and maybe sociology.

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stories - salt - plans - just talking

i would like to make friends on here! feel free to interact with this post so i can check out your blog :D

[cogitoinloathing]

The first sin of education is rewarding and punishing, which replaces knowledge with "good judgment" as the goal.

Jospia Knežević, Unutarnja i Vanjska nagrada

[cruger2984]

THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT MARKO KRIZIN (KRIŽEVČANIN) Feast Day: September 7

Marko Križevčanin (aka Marko Stjepan Krizin or Mark of Križevci) was born in Križevci, a town in the northern part in the Kingdom of Croatia. He started his studies in the Jesuit college in Vienna, and then later at the University of Graz, where he became a Doctor of Philosophy.

As a candidate for Holy Orders of the Diocese of Zagreb, Krizin then moved to Rome, where he attended the famous Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum. He personally noted his nationality as Croatian in a document which is available in the college archives.

As a student, he was smart and considerate. He studied there from 1611 to 1615.

After his ordination as a priest, Krizin returned to his diocese, where he stayed only a short while. Cardinal Péter Pázmány, the Archbishop of Esztergom (then living in Nagyszombat – present-day Trnava – because of the continuing Ottoman occupation of much of Hungary), called him from Zagreb and appointed him both rector of the local seminary and canon of the cathedral chapter.

In early 1619, Krizin was sent to administer the estate of the former Benedictine Abbey of Széplak, near Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia). Around the same time, Gábor Bethlen, the Calvinist Prince of Transylvania, led a nationalist uprising against the Austrian Habsburgs, who then ruled Hungary.

At the time, Kassa was a stronghold of Calvinism for Hungary. To strengthen the position of the Catholic minority, the governor of the city, Andrija Dóczi, a Catholic appointed by Emperor Matthias, brought two priests to Kassa: István Pongrácz, a Hungarian Jesuit priest and Melchior Grodziecki, a Silesian Jesuit priest.

Their presence caused unrest among the Calvinist majority of Kassa.

The Calvinists then incited a rebellion on July 13, 1619, falsely accusing the Catholic minority of arson. That following September, the city came under siege by the forces of the commander of the Calvinist army, George I Rákóczi. On September 5, Dóczi was betrayed by the mercenary forces defending the city and was handed over by the city authorities to him.

His Protestant supporters then declared Bethlen 'head' of Hungary and the protector of the Protestants.

At that time, Marko was staying at the then-Jesuit Church of the Holy Trinity, in the company of the two Jesuits ministering to the Catholics of the city. The Calvinist troops arrested the three priests at once. They were then left without food and water for three days.

During this time, the fate of the Catholic population was being determined. At the instigation of a Calvinist minister named Alvinczi, the head of the City Council, Reyner, was demanding the execution of all Catholics of the city. The majority of Protestants, however, were opposed to such a slaughter. The execution of the priests, however, was approved by them.

The commander promised Marko Krizin a church estate, if he renounced the Catholic Church and converted to Calvinism. Krizin refused. All three were then tortured and soon beheaded. It was September 7, 1619. The news about their martyrdom stormed across Hungary, shocking both Catholics and Protestants alike.

Despite many pleas, Prince Gabriel refused to allow them to be buried them in consecrated ground. Only after being asked by Countess Katalina Pálffy, six months later, did he allow them to have a proper burial.

The three priests were beatified on January 15, 1905 by Pope Pius X. The canonization of the three Košice martyrs was proclaimed by Pope St. John Paul II on July 2, 1995 in Košice.

The remains of the Košice martyrs now rest in various locations, including the Basilica of Esztergom and the Ursuline Church of St. Anna in Trnava.

[portraitsofsaints]

Blessed Ivan Merz 1896-1928 Feast Day: May 10 Patronage: youth and youth ministers, military personnel, dentists, pulmonologists, philosophers, philologists, students, educators, liturgists, theologians, devotees of the Holy Eucharist, and lay faithful engaged in Christian apostolate.

Blessed Ivan Merz was born in Croatia, fought in WWI, and became a philosophy professor. During this time, he made a vow of chastity, wanting to remain a layperson, devoting himself to the Church, and evangelizing the youth. He promoted liturgical renewal, Catholic Action in Croatia (Croatian Union of Eagles), and Eucharist devotion and crusades. He died of inflammation of his facial cavities and brain.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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[geopolicraticus]

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

Franciscus Patricius and Historical Pyrrhonism   

Thursday 25 April 2024 is the 495th anniversary of the birth of Franciscus Patricius (25 April 1529 – 6 February 1597), who was born on this day in 1529. Patricius is known in Italian as Francesco Patrizi of Cherso (sometimes spelled with one “z” and sometimes with two), and known in Croatian as Franjo Petriš or Frane Petrić (he came from the island of Cres).

Franciscus Patricius was a literal renaissance man who wrote a number of treatises and dialogues on philosophical topics common to his time, distancing himself from Scholasticism by attacking the authority of Aristotle, and advocating a radical form of skepticism that has been called historical Pyrrhonism.

Quora:              https://philosophyofhistory.quora.com/ 

Discord:           https://discord.gg/r3dudQvGxD

Links:               https://jnnielsen.carrd.co/

Newsletter:      http://eepurl.com/dMh0_-/

Text post:        https://geopolicraticus.substack.com/p/franciscus-patricius-and-historical        

Video:              https://youtu.be/KyprDepQHpU                  

Podcast:          https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-nielsen94/episodes/Franciscus-Patricius-and-Historical-Pyrrhonism-e2it99o

[europeincomingei]

Unlocking Adventures and Cultural Discoveries : Student Travel Packages in Europe

Student travel is an unparalleled chance for young adventurers to broaden their horizons, look into varied cultures, and develop long-lasting memories. Europe, with its abundant history, awesome landscapes, and dynamic cities, stands as a dream destinationfor students looking for academic and thrilling experiences. In this distinct blog, we will check out the magic of student travel packages in Europe, opening a world of experiences, cultural discoveries, and individual growth. Exploring Europe's Cultural Tapestry Europe, a continent steeped in history and diversity, provides a captivating tapestry of cultures waiting to be checked out. Student travel packages provide an entrance to iconic cities like Rome, Paris, Barcelona, and Berlin, where centuries of creative, architectural, and historical marvels wait for. Wander through the cobblestone streets, marvel at splendid cathedrals, and immerse yourself in the vibrant local scenes. Whether it's the ancient ruins of Athens, the Renaissance art of Florence, or the medieval beauty of Prague, every corner of Europe informs a fascinating story. Educational Adventures and Immersive Knowing Student travel Europe goes beyond sightseeing and traveler destinations; they offer academic experiences that immerse students in brand-new cultures and expand their understanding. From interactive museum check outs to interesting regional experts, students can delve into the depths of European history, art, and literature. Imagine standing before the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, walking in the footsteps of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, or going over philosophy in the ancient agora of Athens. These immersive experiences cultivate a love for discovering and spark intellectual interest. Delighting Outdoor Pursuits and Natural Wonders Europe's diverse landscapes offer a playground for thrilling outside activities and spectacular encounters with nature. Student travel packages provide opportunities for treking in the Swiss Alps, checking out the fjords of Norway, or travelling along the sensational Croatian coastline. Trainees can experience the rush of adrenaline while paragliding in the Austrian Alps or skiing down the slopes of the French Pyrenees. Europe's natural marvels, from the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia to the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, work as a background for unforgettable experiences and memories. Cooking Pleasures and Gastronomic Journeys One can not genuinely experience a culture without delighting in its cuisine. Student travel packages in Europe offer gastronomic journeys through alluring tastes and culinary customs. From enjoying authentic pasta meals in Italy to drinking hot chocolate in a Parisian café, trainees can taste their way through the continent. They can explore regional markets, sample street food, and even take part in cooking classes to find out the tricks of local delicacies. These culinary adventures provide a much deeper understanding of European cultures and develop memorable taste memories. Getting In Touch With Regional Neighborhoods Student travel packages stress the value of cultural exchange and connecting with local neighborhoods. Students have the chance to engage with locals through social work tasks, language exchanges, or homestays. By immersing themselves in the daily lives of Europeans, trainees gain a deeper gratitude for their customs, custom-mades, and lifestyles. These meaningful connections foster cross-cultural understanding, empathy, and long-lasting relationships.

[boycigs]

little canon notes kofe/saint.

pretty big for a lady, 193cm & 93kg, and broad shoulders (muscle and enough healthy body fat)

unstable coffee addiction, but she's calm about it

will worry about you whether you like it or not. it's ingrained in her system

give her music recs, she will kiss you

likes getting her scalp scratched (few forms of physical affection she likes)

worries if she comes off as masculine because of her figure and tends to actually come off as hyper-feminine to combat her anxities

dermatillomania. please remind her to stop picking at her skin, nails, eyelashes, etc.

fascinatited with catholicism and the church. prays, and still practices and wants to get a degree in philosophy. (doesn't know if she wants to leave the church or not) (( feels weird abt the church))

joined the military at 21, stayed for 6 years and joined croatian special forces at 28 (2016) and was traded around for different needs.

eventually had a mission in the us that was like a week or 2 long

very much enjoys hand to hand combat. and gets stuck with heavy machine guns, etc.

when she's on holiday, she has a job in a cafe in her home town.

she loves graffiti and takes photos of it where ever she sees it, and somehow brings a blunt back when she gets back to home-based. (and weed brownies <3)

always volunteers for foreign missions whether she gets taken or not.

her position/rank is second lieutenant.