Tag Archives: Frederick the Great

clausewitz: “its absolute form”

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Dave

In Clausewitz’s view, it is absurd to try to “win” wars by military means alone, because, as he says, no major plan of war can bemade without political understanding and insight. The political setting not only determines the aims and … Continue reading →

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odd couples

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Dave

A secret drive to crave disgrace or an insane desire to please? … Louise Mignot, the daughter of Voltaire’s sister, had in 1738 married Monsieur Denis of the Commisariat Department, who died in 1744. Her uncle on the occasion of … Continue reading →

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falcons: separating the emperor from the kings

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Dave

Thirteenth-century monarchs were not expected to be accomplished writers, much less scientists, so it is fairly extraordinary that Frederick the Great himself wrote the book that is regarded as the first work of modern zoology: Of the Art of Hunting … Continue reading →

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father son rivalries: meet the fockers way back when

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dave

Tough love? A father-son rivalry that touched the most psychologically nerve. Oedipus in Berlin. The trouble with Frederick and his father came to a terrible climax in 1730 when the Prince was eighteen. Physically abused by his father and overwhelmingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Andrew Boyd, Antoine Pesne, Christopher Clark, Frederick the Great, Frederick William of Prussia, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marie Antoinette, Michel Munger, Thomas Carlyle, Voltaire | Leave a comment

GUILTLESS PLEASURE: IMMORTALIZED FOR THE NAUGHTY BITS

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Dave

Casanova: “I had women, I played, I joined in the fun, I bawled, I scorned and was never slave to my passions, but they gave me pleasure. Of not hiding myself, I made my profession…”The same principle which forbids me … Continue reading →

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ROMANA GOETHE & EROTICA FAUSTINA

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Dave

”Goethe’s writings are among the most unabashedly autobiographical in world literature. They are so frank and utterly open as to carry well beyond the reality of objective events into the much more intimately real imaginative world. That may be why … Continue reading →

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MACHIAVELLI CURTAIN CALL

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Dave

”My take on this is that the system has not broken down. It was built broken. It was designed that way. It’s functioning according to the original plan. Democracy was never the intention. Thwarting democracy was. The U.S. founding fathers … Continue reading →