Epic81
@Epic81
Carpe diem memento mori
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Saatin kaç olduğunu bilmediği için, zaman da mekan kadar karanlıktı ve onda güne ait zahmetlerin planını yapmak cesaretini azaltıyordu.
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Böyle bir toplumda tüzel kişilik gibi mekanizmalar son derece sınırlıdır; hukuk, piyasa ilişkilerinin yardımcısı olarak değil, esasta ceza hukukundan çıkarak gelişmiştir; memurlar olağanüstü ücretler almaktadırlar ama yaşamları boyunca elde ettikleri kazanımlar ölümlerinden sonra müsadere edilmektedir.
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Zannederim Françoise bana inanmadı, çünkü tıpkı duyuları bizden daha güçlü olan ilk insanlar gibi, o da kendisinden saklamak istediğimiz gerçekleri, bizim için kavranması mümkün olmayan işaretlerden hemen anlayıverirdi;...
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Acılarının dinecegi umudu, ıstırabına katlanma metaneti verir hastaya.
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KRAL: Bu tehlike tutkusu da çok tuhaf: ne diye hepiniz de en ufak bahaneyi bile fırsat bilerek canınızı tehlikeye atmak istersiniz hep?...
BECKET: Yaşadığımızı duymak istiyorsak, yaşamımızla oynamak zorundayız, Efendimiz...
Not only were gaps in prosperity much smaller as late as the middle of the eighteenth century, but the rankings which have been so stable since then are not the same when we go further back in history.
Different patterns of institutions today are deeply rooted in the past because once society gets organized in a particular way, this tends to persist.
Hanging a rose is an ancient Roman custom...The Romans hung a rose over meetings to indicate the meeting was confidential. Attendees understood that whatever was said under the rose -or sub rosa- had to remain a secret.
In an era without telephones or email, anyone wanting to convey private information to someone far away had no option but to write it down and then trust a messenger to carry the letter. Unfortunately, if a messenger suspected the letter might contain valuable information, he could make far more money selling the information to adversaries than he could delivering the letter properly.
Vernet modelled his sleep habits after the Maasai warriors - the African tribe famous for their ability to rise from the deepest sleep to a state of total battle readiness in a matter of seconds.
Unlike Iturbide, Santa Ana, and Diaz, however, none of these military men used force to get into power. Nor did they use force to avoid having to relinquish power. They abided by the Constitution.
These institutions, by basing the society on the exploitation of indigenous people and the creation of monopolies, blocked the economic incentives and initiatives of the great mass of the population. As the United States began to experience the Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century, Mexico got poorer.
The reasons were similar. In all cases it proved to be impossible to force settlers into a rigid hierarchical society, because there were simply too many options open to them in the New World. Instead, they had to be provided with incentives for them to want to work. And soon they were demanding more economic freedom and further political rights.
The Spanish laid a trap and sprang it. They killed Atahualpa's guards and retainers, possibly as many as two thousand people, and captured the king. To gain his freedom, Atahualpa had to promise to fill one room with gold and two more of the same size with silver. He did this, but the Spanish, reneging on their promises, strangled him in July 1533.
When Cortes and his men arrived at the great Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, they were welcomed by Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, who had decided, in the face of much advice from his counselors, to welcome the Spaniards peacefully. What happened next...