rancoisse, 2 months ago And now, thanks to @pluralistic, I've discovered Carl von Clausewitz. He "saw history as a vital check on erudite abstractions that did not accord with experience" QED. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz
And now, thanks to @pluralistic, I've discovered Carl von Clausewitz. He "saw history as a vital check on erudite abstractions that did not accord with experience" QED. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz
jackwilliambell, 2 months ago @rancoisse @pluralistic I think of Clausewitz as I do Donald Rumsfeld: in the sense both their person and their ideology are repellent – but the clarity of their ideas is impeccable and the mental processes by which those ideas were formed are both deep and wide.
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I think of Clausewitz as I do Donald Rumsfeld: in the sense both their person and their ideology are repellent – but the clarity of their ideas is impeccable and the mental processes by which those ideas were formed are both deep and wide.
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