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L'autore si occupa esattamente della domanda del titolo. La risposta è: No.
Principalmente il motivo è intrinseco al sistema economico: implica delle crisi, degli alti e bassi, in una successione di cicli.
L'idea essenziale del libro è che le banc ...more "

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Immaginate un contemporaneo di Aristotele, 4rto sec avanti Cristo, consigliere reale indiano, che scrive un comprensivo trattato di politica, tramite confronto con pensatori e sette della sua terra. La prima impressione è: stimola ...more "

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L'utopia di Tommaso Moro mi pare stia ai suoi migliori successori di due secoli dopo (per esempio Swift, I viaggi di Gulliver) come la scimmia sta all'uomo.
Lo stile è vivace, ma disordinato e ridondante. La censura c'entra, ma c'è ...more "


“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.”
― More Heart Throbs Volume Two in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People And by them contributed as a Supplement to the original $10,000 Prize Book HEART THROBS
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.”
― More Heart Throbs Volume Two in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People And by them contributed as a Supplement to the original $10,000 Prize Book HEART THROBS

“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov

Goths. Reading Books. That's all there is to it :P We're goths who read. ...more

state scrivendo una storia e volete che qualcun altro vi dica se il vostro lavoro è comprensibile, se la storia fila, se non ci sono incoerenze...? be ...more

For those of us outside society's margins to talk about life, love, politics, religion, personal problems, movies, music, books and more.... ...more

Gruppo italiano di appassionati di letteratura fantasy che accoglie anche la Fratellanza del fantasy! Si tratta di un gruppo aperto di appassionatissi ...more

Gialli, thriller, noir, horror, in tutte le loro sfumature. Ecco il "genere CF". Per parlarne insieme e per (ri)scoprire autori nuovi o già affermati. ...more
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