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But if all the grandchildren are poets, painters, and connoisseurs, who then will man the ramparts, dig the mines, build the dams, run the factories, keep the accounts, or teach the children? In other words, dirty their hands doing the hard and necessary work…
لكن إنْ صارَ جميع الأحفاد شعراء ورسّامين وخبراءَ فن، فمَن سيَحرس الأسوارَ ويحفِر المناجم ويبني السدود ويشغّل المصانع ويسجّل الحسابات ويعلّم الأطفال؟ بكلماتٍ أُخرى، مَن سوفَ يَبذُلُ عرقَ جبينِه بالأعمال الشاقة والضرورية مِن أجلِ الحِفاظ على الأساس السياسي والإجتماعي والإقتصادي والتكنولوجي الذي تقومُ عليه الحضارة؟ كما أنّ هذا الإنتقال بالتحديد مِن الجنديِّ الوفي إلى الشاعِر الهَزيل—مِن الحيويةِ والفضيلة إلى الانحطاط—كانَ عاملًا ساهمَ في إضعافِ كلّ الحضارات المعروفة.
تذكرت شغلة لاحظتها من فترة، هي أنّ الكل يريدون يصيرون كُتّاب ومؤلفين (أو فنانين) بشكلٍ أو بآخر. أتذكر بوقتها حتى لكيت فيديو بعنوان مشابه.
And I'd argue that this is not a good thing, because it's a sign of a preoccupation with fantasy and abstraction, not with reality.
No great writer "wanted" to become a great writer. They simply lived their lives to its ultimate potential until they felt the urge to write. A great book is a result of a great life.
مثل نحلة تحوّل رحيق مئات الأزهار إلى عسل: الكاتب الحقيقي بعد أنْ يعيش حياته ويستغل أكبر قدر من الفرص والتجارب والتأملات والأفكار، رح يحوّلهن كلهن إلى كتاب بيه خلاصة كل اللي عاشه وجرّبه... فقط بعد أنْ يعيش حياته.
And I'd argue that this is not a good thing, because it's a sign of a preoccupation with fantasy and abstraction, not with reality.
No great writer "wanted" to become a great writer. They simply lived their lives to its ultimate potential until they felt the urge to write. A great book is a result of a great life.
مثل نحلة تحوّل رحيق مئات الأزهار إلى عسل: الكاتب الحقيقي بعد أنْ يعيش حياته ويستغل أكبر قدر من الفرص والتجارب والتأملات والأفكار، رح يحوّلهن كلهن إلى كتاب بيه خلاصة كل اللي عاشه وجرّبه... فقط بعد أنْ يعيش حياته.
The way I see it, young people usually want to be writers either because they believe they have a great wisdom to share with the world (which is extremely unlikely), or because they think that becoming famous through books will give them a meaning for life (it won't).
the populace thinks primarily of hanging on to what they already have and loses all appetite for conquest or even war. The prospect of dying for one’s country is no longer dulce et decorum, but odious and absurd. So the society buys off enemies or hires mercenaries when fighting cannot be avoided. It even makes a moral virtue of martial reluctance: “Military readiness, or aggressiveness, is denounced as primitive and immoral.”
- Immoderate Greatness, by William Ophuls
- Immoderate Greatness, by William Ophuls
Latin: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
English: it is sweet and glorious to die for one's country
English: it is sweet and glorious to die for one's country
Another symptom of rot is an increasing focus on welfare—social insurance, medical care, charitable works, and the like. Affluence fosters a sense of entitlement, as well as a feeling that none should be left behind.
- Immoderate Greatness, by William Ophuls
- Immoderate Greatness, by William Ophuls
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The way I see it, young people usually want to be writers either because they believe they have a great wisdom to share with the world (which is extremely unlikely), or because they think that becoming famous through books will give them a meaning for life…
Nothing gets on my nerves more than seeing a shit ton of young people being able to so easily publish books… call me a hater but it shouldn’t be that easy and common…
على الاقل الواتباد من تدخله تدري انه مو موقع ومكان جدي لنشر الكتب
It’s just for clout
It’s just for clout
هي المشكلة أنّ أشياء مثل الروايات والكتب يتم تأليهها واعتبارها نوع من "المخلص الموعود"
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العراقيين يحبون يمجدون الناس والأشياء بشكل عام
لا مالها علاقة بالعراقيين ترة
It's a global trend
It's a global trend