No great monument like the Pyramids of Cheops could have been built on the levels of energy of the ruling class alone. So the powers-that-be hit upon an idea that would electrify the masses. A belief in afterlife and the pharaoh as a celestial symbol made it all possible.
Think of every life form having equal [...]
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Currency Of Inner Life
Posted in speculative philosophy, tagged Duality of Life, Inner life, visible world on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Disraeli Anecdotes-1
Posted in anecdotes, tagged Add new tag, Benjamin Disraeli, British politics, Tories on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Even when Disraeli was young he lived by the maxim:’To govern men you must either excel them in their accomplishments or despise them.”Dizzy hated every bodily exertion and everything his contemporaries were passionate about. While at Malta he happened to remain in the galley watching English officer at a game of tennis. Ever at pains [...]
Days of Wine and Roses,
Posted in high finance, tagged capitalism, irresponsibility, market economy, profligates, regulations on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Government is trying to inject some liquidity into the market and how does AIG executives take it? Wining and dining at some fancy party is how they see the bailout.”
Nero eat your heart out!
benny