On “Absolute” and “Total” War

Introduction In the context of an online course I am taking, I recently read von Clausewitz’s “On War” and from

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Bill Woodrow’s “English Heritage – Humpty Fucking Dumpty”

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s

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Two Masters of Light: Claude Lorrain and J.M.W. Turner

An enormous deep-red sunset over a stormy sea, an indication of an approaching typhoon.A detail from JMW Turner’s “Slave-Ship”. Painting

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Ephemeron, ephemeral, ephemerality

“Ephemeron” refers to an object of a transitory or impermanent nature. “Ephemeral”: beginning and ending in a day. “Ephemerality”: the

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Ephemeron, ephemeral, ephemerality

“Ephemeron” refers to an object of a transitory or impermanent nature. “Ephemeral”: beginning and ending in a day. “Ephemerality”: the

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