- Literature/Philosophy Stuff and Links
- Poetry Stuff and Links
- Extracts from "Egypt, Greece
and Rome Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean" by Charles Freeman (Pub. 1999)
- Extracts from "Passchendaele the
untold story" by Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson (Pub. 1996) (plus some old photos/documents from the Family Archive)
- Extracts from the An Economic
Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States" by Charles A. Beard
(First Published 1913)
- Different English translations
of some maxims in Baltasar Gracian's (1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)
- OCR'd text of Mr.
(now Sir Mountstuart) Grant Duff's article on Balthasar Gracian in the Fortnightly Review of March 1877,
VOL. XXI. N.S., page 228 - 342 (this is the article that inspired
Joseph Jacobs to undertake his 1892 translation of "The Art of Worldly Wisdom")
- OCR'd text of "The Art
of Worldly Wisdom" (1647) by Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658), the 1892 translation by Joseph Jacobs
(1856-1916) (1930 MacMillan Golden Treasury Series edition) (On-going)
- Read an English version of Balthasar Gracian's "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" (1647) on the web - based on the translation (1892) of Joseph Jacobs
- OCR'd text of Title pages, Introduction
and Bibliographic Appendix to Martin Fischer's translation of Baltasar Gracian's
(1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647) -
2nd edition, 4th printing, 1954, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illinois
- OCR'd text of the introduction to L.B. Walton's 1953
Translation of Balthasar Gracian's (1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom / The Oracle -
A Manual of the Art of Discretion (1647)
- L'Homme de Cour de Baltazar Gracian (French translation of the Art of Worldly Wisdom)
raduit & commente. Par le Sieur Amelot de la Houssaie, ci-devant Secretaire de l'Ambassade de France a Venise. Troisieme Edition, revue and corigee. A Paris. Chez la Veuve-Martin, and Jean Boudot, rue Saint Jaques, au Soliel d'or. M. DC. LXXXV (1685) Avec Priviledge du Roi
(This is the translation that most of the early European translations used (instead of the original Spanish). It is claimed by some more modern translators (e.g., Joseph Jacobs, L.B. Walton) that the Anonymous (1685) and the 1702 English translation of Mr Savage used this French version, not the original Spanish version, as the basis for the English translation.)
- The Art of Prudence: or, a Companion for a Man of Sense
Written originally in Spanish by that Celebrated Author Balthazar Gracian; now made English from the best Edition of the Original, and Illustrated with the Sieur Amelot de la Houssaie's Notes by Mr. Savage. London: Printed for Daniel Brown, without Temple Bar; J. Walthoe, in the Middle Temple Cloysters; and T. Benskin, at Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate, 1702.
(1702 English translation of Baltasar Gracian's (1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Mr Savage)
- Extracts from "The Open Society and its Enemies vol 1:
The Spell of Plato" by Karl Raimund Popper (Originally written from 1938 to 1943.Published in book form 1945)
(On the teachings of Plato vs that of Socrates)
"What a monument of human smallness is this idea of the
philosopher king. What a contrast between it and the simplicity of
humaneness of Socrates, who warned the statesmen against
the danger of being dazzled by his own power, excellence, and
wisdom, and who tried to teach him what matters most - that
we are all frail human beings. What a decline from this world
of irony and reason and truthfulness down to Plato's kingdom
of the sage whose magical powers raise him high above ordinary
men; although not quite high enough to forgo the use of lies,
or to neglect the sorry trade of every shaman - the selling of
spells, of breeding spells, in exchange for power over his fellow-men."
- Extracts from the "The Open Society and Its Enemies Volume 2:
Hegel and Marx" by Karl Raimund Popper (Originally published 1945)
"Bertrand Russell described this study, with its companion volume on Plato, as ' a work of first-class importance which ought to be widely read for its masterly criticism of the
enemies of democracy, ancient and modern. His (Popper's) attack on Plato, while unorthodox, is in my opinion thoroughly justified. His analysis of Hegel is deadly. Marx is dissected
with equal acumen, and given his due share of responsibility for modern misfortunes. The book is a vigorous and profound defence of democracy, timely, very interesting, and very well
written."
- Extracts from the "The Poverty of
Historicism" by Karl Raimund Popper (Originally published in book form 1957)
"In memory of the countless men and women of all creeds or
nations or races who fell victims to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable
Laws of Historical Destiny"
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