"Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence."James Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941)
Thursday, February 02, 2023
Our Civilisation
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El retrat de la naturalesa humana.
ReplyDeleteUna frase digna d'emmarcar.
Aferradetes, Sean.
I do especially like the passage "Our civilisation [...] is [...] so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance [...].
DeleteLa pau de la nit, Paula.
An interesting perspective.
ReplyDeleteJoyce was probably unaware that (some) Buddhist monks (sometimes) do indeed plunder and murder.
DeleteAn interesting perspective it is, nevertheless.