Probably the most infamous part of Plato’s “Republic” is its last, tenth book. Because, among some other interesting things he says there, Plato also speaks about one which very few people would find any understanding for. Namely, that there is no place for poets in the perfect society,...
Even though the first book of the Republic ends with the claim that the definition of justice has not been determined, a careful analysis of the details of Socrates arguments with Polemarchus and Thrasymachus yields a definition of justice. Polemarchus should have defended the understanding of ...
Exemplary of Magna Carta’s multivalence, and ignorance of how Wikipedia works, one critic mawkishly surmised that Parker’s artwork ‘is curiously touching […] Magna Carta’s history is one of innocent faith in democracy and a simple belief in rights […] its bold words about justice and ...
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in the world to recognize the People's Republic of China already in 1950. We arrive here at the very contemporary era of Switzerland as a great financial power, confronted with American ambitions to rule over global finance and the conflict this has caused. There is probably no other book ...
Lady Gaga的《Bad Romance》、One Republic的《Secrets》也都有采样舒伯特、巴赫的作品。 有的是采样老歌。 比如侃爷。 《Stronger》便采样自英国电子乐队 Daft Punk的《Harder Better Faster Stronger》。 之后他又从《Planet Rock》中借来了节奏组的灵感,制作出了《Stronger》的鼓点。
The Wiki entryHyperinflation in the Weimar Republic, mentioned above, describes the end quite well. Key was the introduction of a new currency, the “Rentenmark”, whose value was backed by bonds that were indexed to the price of gold. ...
An even bigger worry is foreign policy. We got lucky in Trump’s first term. See Michael Tomasky,The World Is on Fire. And Trump’s About to Be President. Feel Better?at The New Republic. The main question here for Americans concerns the fact that in six weeks, Donald Trump is going...
Many people point to the hollowing out of capacity in local government – true to some extent but one can see how to tackle that. Harder are the questions of accountability that raises. But – as the book argues – it’s hard to see any other plausible change that would shift the dial...