Letter of Solidarity/Freedom of Access
In Antoine de Saint Exupéry's tale the Little Prince meets a businessman who accumulates stars with the sole purpose of being able to buy more stars. The Little Prince is perplexed. He owns only a flower, which he waters every day. Three volcanoes, which he cleans every week. "It is of some use to my volcanoes, and it is of some use to my
"What Is The Property?"
İyelik müessesesinin muayyen amillerinin maşeri ruhiyyeye olan tesirlerini tedriç ederken, gayrı muakadı ahvâle sürüklendiğimi telakki ettim. Proudhon'un malum bir eserinde "Property is theft." savı dermeyân edilmişti. Dikkati nazarımı celp eden bu kelimât, muhayyelatımı müzebzeb eyledi. Dardayım, zordayım.
What is the property?
İyelik müessesesinin muayyen amillerinin maşeri ruhiyyeye olan tesirlerini tedriç ederken, gayrı muakadı ahvâle sürüklendiğimi telakki ettim. Proudhon'un malum eserinde "Property is theft." savı dermeyân edilmişti. Dikkati nazarımı celp eden bu kelimât, muhayyelatımı müzebzeb eyledi. Daha neler öğrenebilirim şu hayatta artık tahmin bile edemiyorum.
“You shall proceed in your own way. You claim a right to ask me, do I mean to tell you? Do I mean to tell you what?”
“That you are a man of property?”
“No.”
“Then you married me on false pretences?”
“So be it. Next comes what you mean to say. Do you mean to say you are a woman of property?”
“No.”
“Then you married me on false pretences.”
“If you were so dull a fortune-hunter that you deceived yourself, or if you were so greedy and grasping that you were over-willing to be deceived by appearances, is it my fault, you adventurer?” the lady demands with great asperity.
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VİCTOR HUGO’NUN SEFİLLER ROMANINDAKİ EN UZUN CÜMLENİN İNGİLİZCESİ
The son of a father to whom history will accord certain attenuating circumstances, but also as worthy of esteem as that father had been of blame; possessing all private virtues and many public virtues; careful of his health, of his fortune, of his person, of his affairs, knowing
Buying a stock for a price that is less than two-thirds of its net assets fit neatly into Graham’s sense of the present and satisfied his desire for some mathematical expectation. Graham gave no weight to a company’s plant, property, and equipment. Furthermore, he deducted all the company’s short- and long- term liabilities. What remained would be the net current assets. If the stock price was below this per share value, Graham reasoned that a margin of safety existed and a purchase was warranted.
Richard
In my own amended Ten Commandments, I would choose some of the above, but I would also try to find room for, among others:
- Enjoy your own sex life (so long as it damages nobody else) and leave others to enjoy theirs in private whatever their inclinations, which are none of your business.
- Do not discriminate or oppress on the basis of sex, race or (as far as possible) species.
- Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
- Value the future on a timescale longer than your own.
But never mind these small differences of priority. The point is that we have almost all moved on, and in a big way, since biblical times. Slavery, which was taken for granted in the Bible and throughout most of history, was abolished in civilized countries in the nineteenth century. All civilized nations now accept what was widely denied up to the 1920s, that a woman’s vote, in an election or on a jury, is the equal of a man’s. In today’s enlightened societies (a category that manifestly does not include, for example, Saudi Arabia), women are no longer regarded as property, as they clearly were in biblical times. Any modern legal system would have prosecuted Abraham for child abuse. And if he had actually carried through his plan to sacrifice Isaac, we would have convicted him of first-degree murder. Yet, according to the mores of his time, his conduct was entirely admirable, obeying God’s commandment. Religious or not, we have all changed massively in our attitude to what is right and what is wrong. What is the nature of this change, and what drives it?
According to the popular concept, Coquettes are consummate teases, experts at arousing desire through a provocative appearance or an alluring attitude. But the real essence of Coquettes is in fact their ability to trap people emotionally, and to keep their victims in their clutches long after that first titillation of desire. This is the skill
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