—“Being selected as the personal jester of a medieval king or nobleman came with a serious health warning; jesters were often required to go to the battlefield with their masters to carry messages between the leaders of warring armies, demanding that a city surrender to a besieging army or delivering terms for the release of hostages. Unfortunately for the jesters, the enemy did sometimes ‘kill the messenger’ as an act of defiance (especially if they regarded the terms being offered as an insult) and some used a catapult or trebuchet to hurl the unfortunate messenger (or his severed head) back into his own camp as a graphic illustration of what they thought of the message.”—
Category: Civilization, History, and Anthropology
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“Being selected as the personal jester of a medieval king or nobleman came with
—“Being selected as the personal jester of a medieval king or nobleman came with a serious health warning; jesters were often required to go to the battlefield with their masters to carry messages between the leaders of warring armies, demanding that a city surrender to a besieging army or delivering terms for the release of hostages. Unfortunately for the jesters, the enemy did sometimes ‘kill the messenger’ as an act of defiance (especially if they regarded the terms being offered as an insult) and some used a catapult or trebuchet to hurl the unfortunate messenger (or his severed head) back into his own camp as a graphic illustration of what they thought of the message.”— -
“Being selected as the personal jester of a medieval king or nobleman came with
—“Being selected as the personal jester of a medieval king or nobleman came with a serious health warning; jesters were often required to go to the battlefield with their masters to carry messages between the leaders of warring armies, demanding that a city surrender to a besieging army or delivering terms for the release of hostages. Unfortunately for the jesters, the enemy did sometimes ‘kill the messenger’ as an act of defiance (especially if they regarded the terms being offered as an insult) and some used a catapult or trebuchet to hurl the unfortunate messenger (or his severed head) back into his own camp as a graphic illustration of what they thought of the message.”—
Source date (UTC): 2017-10-10 20:27:00 UTC
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Roundtable – Western Civilization: Circumventing Postmodernism and the Frankfurt
Roundtable – Western Civilization: Circumventing Postmodernism and the Frankfurt School – with Duchesne, MacDonald, Sunic and Doolittle -
Roundtable – Western Civilization: Circumventing Postmodernism and the Frankfurt
Roundtable – Western Civilization: Circumventing Postmodernism and the Frankfurt School – with Duchesne, MacDonald, Sunic and Doolittle -
Roundtable – Western Civilization: Circumventing Postmodernism and the Frankfurt
Roundtable – Western Civilization: Circumventing Postmodernism and the Frankfurt School – with Duchesne, MacDonald, Sunic and DoolittleUpdated Oct 7, 2017, 3:33 PM
Source date (UTC): 2017-10-07 15:33:00 UTC
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The Virtuous Cycle of Western Civilization
THE VIRTUOUS CYCLE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Martial Risk Produces Reward. Opportunity for Reward produces Heroism. Martial Heroism produces Meritocracy. Meritocracy produces Sovereignty. Sovereignty produces Natural Law. Natural law produces markets. Markets produce Prosperity. Prosperity increases competitiveness. Competitiveness decreases martial risk.
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The Virtuous Cycle of Western Civilization
THE VIRTUOUS CYCLE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Martial Risk Produces Reward. Opportunity for Reward produces Heroism. Martial Heroism produces Meritocracy. Meritocracy produces Sovereignty. Sovereignty produces Natural Law. Natural law produces markets. Markets produce Prosperity. Prosperity increases competitiveness. Competitiveness decreases martial risk.
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Civilization Produces Dividends for Descendents (Accumulates Capital).
“Dividends for Descendants” is what civilization really is. Does an act or policy produce it or not? If it doesn’t, it is counter to civilization (does not produce a surplus). – Steve Pender
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Civilization Produces Dividends for Descendents (Accumulates Capital).
“Dividends for Descendants” is what civilization really is. Does an act or policy produce it or not? If it doesn’t, it is counter to civilization (does not produce a surplus). – Steve Pender