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The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry sacred-texts.com

50 masterofcookies 7 years ago 8 comments

Comment · 8 years ago

It certainly was not the first peaceful turn-over of power in history - there are many examples, but Cincinnatus[1] immediately sprang to my mind. He actually was given and then gave up dictatorial powers twice (note that being a dictator meant in the Roman political system something different than what it means today [2]).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dictator

Comment · 9 years ago

Just a small clarification: in OE ð and þ were used interchangeably. Between voiced sounds they were pronounced as in Modern English "then", otherwise as in Modern English "thin".

Guides to the Socratic Dialogues users.hartwick.edu

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Comment · 10 years ago

The author puts encyclopedic knowledge and movies in the same category ("information") and seems to be arguing that they both should be freely available.

I'm not saying that current copyright system isn't completely screwed up and in need of reform, but I don't think disregarding content creators is an optimal solution.