An ideal type is formed by the one-sided accentuation of one or more points of view and by the synthesis of a great many diffuse, discrete, more or less present and occasionally absent concrete individual phenomena, which are arranged according to those one-sidedly emphasized viewpoints into a unified and analytical construct (Gedankenbild). In its conceptual purity, this mental construct (Gedankenbild) cannot be found empirically anywhere in reality. It is a utopia. Historical research faces the task of determining in each individual case, the extent to which this ideal-construct approximates to or diverges from reality.
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"But there is yet a further difference between those two old empires. While in the Islamic Empire there was no privileged nation, and power was made subservient to the propagation of an idea regarded by its torchbearers as the sublime religious truth, the idea underlying the Roman Empire was conquest of power and the exploitation of other
Less is MORE! Süreçler basitleştikçe daha temiz ve pürüzsüz oluyor. Daha kontrollü ve çabuk müdahale edilebilir hale geliyor.
Circe is dull as a rock. Circe has less wit than bare ground. Circe’s hair is matted like a dog’s. If I have to hear that broken voice of hers once more. Of all our children, why must it be she who is left? No one else will have her.
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The Ghost Writer
-Are you married?
+Certainly not.
-Gay?
+No.
-Did you have a girlfriend?
+Well, a bit more than that.
-Partner?
+A bit less than that. I don’t know, 40,000 years of human language and there is no word to describe our relationship.