You undoubtedly adhere to the idea that history must be learned, otherwise it will be repeated endlessly… Yes, but in concrete terms, what are you doing to maintain this forgotten knowledge? The mere fear of not repeating the mistakes of the past may not be enough to motivate you… I’m going to give you 3 reasons to go back to…
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The culture of honor – and the vendetta that it implies – is very widespread around the Mediterranean. Certain pillars are found there that structure the family unit and social coherence on the scale of villages or towns. The main function of the vendetta is to ensure the respect and a fortiori the security of a family or a larger…
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Using the thousand-year-old knowledge of Chinese thought If there is a book that has crossed the ages and that comes to us from the East, it is this one. It was written by a Chinese general of the 5th century with Jesus Christ. Its purpose is clear, it is to give the basics of military strategy to its readers. The…
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Natural, necessary and vain desires Contrary to the dominant thought, Epicureanism is not a radical hedonism. On the contrary, it is a philosophy that focuses on living in an essentialist way, that is to say, eliminating the superfluous to achieve happiness. As such, happiness is achieved when you no longer feel the need to seek it. If you have eaten,…
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Judo allows to develop various dimensions of the being. Let us see what they are. Character The purpose of judo is to improve the character of the practitioner by the assimilation of a certain number of values. If the ju jitsu from which it emanates was exclusively an art of combat to defend oneself and to overcome one’s opponent, judo,…
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Creolization is a process that creates a cultural mixture from several cultures in contact. Creolization is a constant phenomenon that takes on different magnitudes depending on which part of the world and at which point in history one is in. It has found its greatest expression in the context of slave societies that have seen populations from different parts of…
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The globalized competition in which we find ourselves constantly exposes us to the need to improve our skills at the risk of being left behind or even totally out of date until we are no longer able to make a contribution through our work. This fear, though exaggerated, is nonetheless very real. Rich countries no longer have a serious comparative…
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Your strengths are often burdens that can be a disadvantage in the long run. There are qualities that we want to have without noticing that they can generate other defects, let’s see some trends. Beauty Beauty, especially if you are a woman, brings all kinds of advantages. The world is like that, women are looking for security in their partner…
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Acquiring a status in modern societies most often means making a fortune, whether it is built on a more or less honorable activity. Wealth has not always been a central element of respectability. There was a time, in periods when human groups were smaller and did not systematically live in cities, when other values stood out much more. Respectability was…
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Summary of Stephen King’s book This is not a book that attempts to explain writing from a technical point of view, although King details the principles in a dedicated section. It is a rather intimate book that approaches the art of writing from the perspective of the author’s personal life. You’ll learn about some of the techniques, but you’ll also…
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