Sublime

Knowledge must lead to understanding. In the field of history, even when largely restricted to contemporary history, that meant trying to grasp general ideas about human behaviour, in war and politics, in revolution and government.

obloquy

Study war and learn from its history. Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience. Never corner an opponent and always assist him to save his face. Put yourself in his shoes so as to see things through his eyes. Avoid self-righteousness like the devil; nothing is so self-blinding. Cure yourself of two commonly fatal de

It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life. —Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth century B.C.

Aux batailles si renommées de Miltiade, de Léonidas, de Thémistocle, qui datent de deux mille ans et qui vivent encore aujourd'hui aussi fraîches dans la mémoire des livres et des hommes que si elles venaient d'être livrées hier, en Grèce, pour le bien des Grecs et pour l'exemple du monde entier, qu'est-ce qui donna à un si petit nombre de Grecs, n

WAR AND PEACE

And so he proposes death as the penalty.

Powerful societies do not silence their poietai in order that they may go to war; they go to war as a way of silencing their poietai. Original thinkers can be suppressed through execution and exile, or they can be encouraged through subsidy and flattery to praise the society’s heroes.