Edge of vice

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

“You cannot run away from the past and you cannot hide.

It will overtake in any case

because it is part of you."

(Rami)

When the truth is persecuted, it hides, of course, until the time, and instead of it, from all the cracks into the light of God, its werewolf creeps out - gossip in all its forms, from simple rumor to malicious slander. The reasons for this phenomenon are clear to everyone. You probably remember the children's story about a peasant woman who was put in a luxurious room and promised to leave her here for life if she did not open the bowl that was on the table? And what? The poor woman could not resist, she opened: she already very much - wanted to know what was there. And there was a sparrow in the bowl, of course it flew out. So the woman never lost her happiness.

This children's story tells us about the insatiable need of the human spirit to know everything, to find out everything, and precisely to find out "the whole truth." But telling the truth is not always safe, and often downright dangerous. True, like gold, people only get it in small grains. How to be here?

The flow of history runs dry. We begin to look for ourselves, new ways and, turning back, with horror we see some ruins, one blast. Historical memory has definitely been removed from us. there is emptiness behind and emptiness ahead! Our thought froze, it seems to be in an airless space, it has nothing to rely on, nothing to cling to. It has no where to exist, it does not have a soil in which it could take root and grow firmly. Such a solid, solid ground for history can be given to a person by the natural and climatic conditions of the historical period, folk tradition, everyday life and customs.

History, as a science, exists only if it is engaged in the study of the "deep reasons" that gave rise to certain phenomena, and is able to understand and explain them. It should proceed from the conditions of the material life of society, since political, military and diplomatic phenomena "are only a reflection of deep economic and social conflicts."

In the meantime, we are content with the history copied from the Byzantine and Polish chronicles, on the basis of which the Russian chronicles were also written. The greatest doubt about the reliability of historical chronicles and chronicles is caused by references to documents located in other countries and in other churches. For this is unreliable, due to their unavailability and the presence of only one or a few copies.

The price of parchment (parchment) was so immensely high that only kings or cities could buy books: no one thought to start libraries. They could be found only in rich monasteries or in the Vatican, and even there, in catalogs (!), Until the time of Pope Nicholas X, the patron saint of sciences, there were almost nothing but theology, ecclesiastical law, and documents that were reliable and imaginary, related only to this area.

By the examples set out below, one can judge about the high cost of books in those days. The Countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the speeches of the Bishop of Halberstadt two hundred sheep and fifteen measures of the zita. King Louis XI of France, (XV century !!!), wanted to borrow from the medical society in Paris the creation of a Persian physician, he had to not only pledge most of his silver dishes, but also present one rich man for himself as a surety!

Also, in the Vatican archives, there is a letter from Wolf, the Abbot of Ferrara, written in 855, to Pope Benedict III with a request to lend to his monastery the explanations of Jeremiah St. Jerome, as well as the works of Cicero and Quintplian, promising him to return these books with precision. when they are copied, "because," he adds, "in all of France, although there are excerpts of these works, there is not a single complete copy."

Typography was invented in the middle of the 15th century, and the "mass" publication only at the beginning of the 16th century, and the fact that in the beginning it was religious literature, since the main customer was the church.

Voltaire declared that ancient historians should not enjoy special privileges, that their stories should be treated with our usual experience and common sense, that, finally, we cannot assign them the right to believe in their word when they tell incredible things. This is quite true, and such are the laws of historical criticism.

Each century has its own opinions and habits, its own view of things and its own way of acting, which are in danger of not being understood by the next century. The most, apparently, deepest feelings, the most general and natural sympathies, on which the family and society rests, tend to change appearance, during the transition from one era to another. Would it not seem completely strange and impossible that in the era of the Caesars and Antonines, with the full splendor of civilization and humanity, it was considered quite natural that the father pushed his son out the door and left him there to die of hunger and cold, if he did not want to raise him? And yet, such a custom lasted until Constantine, and not a single noble conscience was revolted in indignation, and even Seneca, apparently, is not at all surprised at this.

The same was the case with some very strange facts that took place in Asian temples and told to us by Herodotus. Voltaire, judging them according to modern morals, finds them completely ridiculous and mocks them quite a bit. “Really,” he says, “it would be nice to see how our princesses, countesses, chancellors, presidents and all Parisian ladies would give their favor for the ecus in the Church of Notr-Dame” …

But back to our native land. We do not have access to Lomonosov's records about the works of foreigners on the history of Russia, his indignation and words. And here is Lomonosov's own handwritten note on Russian grammar, Schlözer:

Beyer, who also wrote the History of Russia, did not know the Russian language at all, for which Schletser also reproached him, and from the decree on the chancellery of the Academy of Sciences of September 24, 1752, it is clear that after hearing Miller's dissertation "On the Beginning of the Russian People", some foreign professors, they refused to give an opinion due to ignorance of the Russian language and Russian history, - others offered to submit it to the judgment of natural Russians, and the rest proposed to remake the entire Dissertation and release some passages.

Russian professors Lomonosov, Krasheninnikov and Adjunct Popov recognized the entire dissertation as reprehensible for Russia, only Trediakovsky, flattering strong, presented: that the dissertation is probable and can be published, but only it must be changed and corrected. As a result of these explanations, the entire dissertation was not issued and was completely destroyed. The decree was signed by Grigor Teplov and Secretary Petr Khanin.

In addition to linguistic absurdities, history is full of chronological, geographical nonsense. There was a time when, under the name of history, the school was allowed only a systematic, deliberately and maliciously false presentation of historical information and facts. This was the time of the "King of the Peas", then during the time that went down in history - the memorable period of Magnitsky's domination.

At that time, “obedience” was considered “the soul of upbringing and the first virtue of a citizen”, and “obedience” was considered the most important virtue of youth. "History" was then obliged to interpret that "Christians had all the virtues of the pagans to an incomparably great degree and many are completely unknown to them."

Published on December 8th. 1864 as an appendix to the encyclical of Pius IX - "Quanta cura", better known in the world as "SILLABUS" - a list of the main errors of our time - one of the most reactionary documents of the papacy of modern times, secretly prohibiting the revision of the biblical interpretation of history and at the same time condemning any progressive thought, freedom of conscience, democracy, communism and socialism.

Under this influence, in the early seventies of the 19th century, an educational reform began in Russia, for some reason it was necessary to reform the teaching system, and almost mainly history. The response to this reform was the ministerial gratitude for the work on drawing up curricula, announced to various persons, including a member of the academic committee Bellyarminov and a teacher of the VI gymnasium Rozhdestvensky ( Journal published their historical manuals. Thus, in history, the same persons compiled programs, prepared textbooks, wrote reviews on them, and officially approved them.

Do not forget that this was the time of the reign of church censorship, under the auspices of which history was written, and it is noteworthy that at that time Mr. Bellyarminov was a member of the academic committee on history, therefore, the review and approval of historical manuals depended directly on him.

In a word, as you can see, the matter is arranged in such a way that school history is intended to serve for some kind of extraneous pedagogy and goals alien to science. It is clear that the production of textbooks with such a leaven should be the subject of speculation, and this speculation, with encouragement and patronage, inevitably threatens to become limitless.

In Russian history, there is no information about the works of Russian and Soviet scientists of the 20th century, due to the fact that they contain information that contradicts the modern interpretation. So the young scientist A. Z. Validov discovered Ibn-ul-Fakih's manuscript in one of the libraries of Mashhad. At the end of this manuscript is a list of Ibn Fadlan. At the suggestion of Academician V. V. Bartgold's report by Validov testifies that Yakut, whose references are used in history quite often, indeed, mercilessly abbreviated and "carelessly" used Ibn-Fadlan with distortions (!). ("News of the Academy of Sciences", 1924)

Professor V. Smolin characterizes these data: - “The discovery is extremely significant. It remains to take measures to ensure that the note was copied in full and presented to scientists for careful study."

In the Vatican since the 16th century, there has been a Sacred Congregation (ministry) for correcting the books of the Eastern Church, there were from 15 to 20 of them, which were engaged in the collection and translation of Eastern chronicles. In 1819, the Russian Academy proudly announces that our government has acquired a precious collection of Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts, about 500 in number, which belonged to the then French consul in Baghdad, Mr. Rousseau. An equally significant collection of similar manuscripts was bought from the same Rousseau in 1925.

Doesn't it seem strange that when archaeologists and scientists of England and France, at all times, cleaned up archives and churches of all countries, archaeological excavations, for their museums, politicians slip "precious" manuscripts for Russia?

Linguistic nonsense, chronological and geographic absurdities reign over the unfortunate history, when the latter, became the subject of speculation and opus in the hands of politicians.

Unfortunately, these "arguments" of history have to be applied with great care because they can be easily misused. We will discard all the incredible. Wonderful! But what is meant by incredible? This is where disagreement enters. First, people who begin to study the past with already established opinions are always inclined to distrust facts that contradict their feelings. So it is natural to consider everything that does not coincide with our way of thinking as groundless!

Of all the vices of humanity, lies are the most terrible evil, both for science and for states and peoples. As true as it is old, according to Leibniz, the following dictum: "evil has a cause that does not produce, but infringes."

All of the following in this book will be the line between good and evil, true or false. You, the reader, are given the right to choose …

In the magazine "Moskvityanin", under the initials L. K.a beautiful poem was printed:

We remember the old days

When all of Russia was agitated like the sea, When in thick smoke and in flames she

The ruins fell and choked with blood.

We remember past trials:

Trampled on the Kalka and the Dnieper, We climbed menacingly in unknown Moscow

And they began to collect lands and principalities.

And gathered under our mighty banner

Millions powerless in confusion. -

And our merciless enemy has submitted to us

The horde was leaning under the Russian laws.

But from the West a horde of a different kind

Moved to us by the Viceroy of Christ, So that under the banner of the bloody cross

Erect a scaffold for the Russian people.

Wise rulers of the earth!

Humane heralds of science!

You brought complete darkness to our huts.

In humble hearts - doubts of grievous torment.