It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has… - Will Durant

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It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to the west, such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism and chess, and above all numerals and the decimal system.

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William James Durant (5 November 1885 – 7 November 1981) was an American historian, philosopher and writer, best remembered for his works The Story of Philosophy, and The Story of Civilization.

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The worst conceivable government would be by philosophers; they botch every natural process with theory; their ability to make speeches and multiply ideas is precisely the sign of their incapacity for action.

When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship.

كان الإسكندر هو الذي ساعد على إدخال عادة حلق اللحية في أوروبا، وحجته في ذلك أن اللحية تمكن العدو من القبض على صاحبها. ولعل أكبر آثاره في التاريخ هو هذا الأثر التافه.

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