“Η τελειότητα είναι μια δύσκολη, επικίντυνη στιγμιαία ισορροπία απάνω στο χάος, λίγο να ρίξεις βάρος δεξιά η αριστερά, γκρεμίζεται.”
― Journeying: Travels in Italy, Egypt, Sinai, Jerusalem and Cyprus
― Journeying: Travels in Italy, Egypt, Sinai, Jerusalem and Cyprus
“That is, natural selection promoting genes for intelligence has probably been far more ruthless in New Guinea than in more densely populated, politically complex societies, where natural selection for body chemistry was instead more potent. Besides”
― Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
― Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
“Hunter-gatherer societies tend to be relatively egalitarian, to lack full-time bureaucrats and hereditary chiefs, and to have small-scale political organization at the level of the band or tribe. That’s because all able-bodied hunter-gatherers are obliged to devote much of their time to acquiring food.”
― Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
― Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
“يا ويحَ روحي من روحي فوا أسفي عليَّ منّي فإنّي اصل بلوائـــي”
― ديوان الحلاج
― ديوان الحلاج
“مولاي قد ملَّ من سقمي أطبّائي”
― ديوان الحلاج
― ديوان الحلاج
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