The Philosophy of History
D. Spencer Hines
with difficulty, becomes effective, or meets with a hearing, but the
absurd and perverse in the realm of thought, the dull and tasteless in
the sphere of art, and the wicked and fraudulent in the sphere of
action, really assert a supremacy that is disturbed only by brief
interruptions."
[Arthur Schopenhauer, _The World as Will and Representation_, Volume I,
§59, p. 324 [Dover Publications, 1966, E. F. J. Payne translation]
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Well, Schopenhauer is always a mensh ---- and he is certainly none too
shabby here.
But, this quotation appears at the website of what appears to be yet
another academic nutter, Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D., Department of
Philosophy, Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA 91401-4096.
http://www.friesian.com/#contents
Hmmmmm.
Verdad, Justicia et Cultura? We'll see.
Some of the Usual Suspects will be entertained by this explication of
Feudalism:
Feudal Hierarchy
http://www.friesian.com/rank.htm#feudal
Deus Vult.
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D. Spencer Hines
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing." -- Attributed to Edmund Burke [1729-1797]
Warriors ---- "There is much tradition and mystique in the bequest of
personal weapons to a surviving comrade in arms. It has to do with a
continuation of values past individual mortality. People living in a
time made safe for them by others may find this difficult to understand.
The box John Brigham's guns came in was a gift in itself. He must have
bought it in the Orient when he was a Marine. A mahogany box with the
lid inlaid in mother of pearl. The weapons were pure Brigham, well
worn, well maintained and immaculately clean. An M1911A1 Colt .45
pistol, and a Safari Arms cut-down version of the .45 for concealed
carry, a boot dagger with one serrated edge. Starling had her own
leather." _Hannibal_, Thomas Harris, Delacorte Press, [1999], p. 397.
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