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Western wisdom?

31/3/2016

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Remember the 7 pillars of Western wisdom?
In 2008 Kishore Mahbubani ascribed the success of the emerging Asian economies as the result of some adopted Western values. He called these The Seven Pillars of Western Wisdom. Here they are :free market economy, science and technology, meritocracy, pragmatism, peace, law and education. 
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Because ignorance is dangerous: taqiyya

24/3/2016

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Brussels, farewell my love

23/3/2016

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Once or twice and the other day again I must admit, a wise man gave me this excellent advice: try to never talk about politics or religion. Nothing good ever comes out of that. 
He's right of course.
Yet: " 
Brussels is not a metropolis, Brussels is typically Belgian. Brussels is a handful of baronnies ." 
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​As Transit-Brusselesse, I lived and worked there from 1981-2003, I remember how tough it is to feel 'at home' there. 
Brussels is in the first place a political stage and being an enlighted flemish woman does not work in your favor..

At the left:
a piece of nostalgia, to a place and past that perhaps never existed
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Brussels by Night - 2015 - Oil on canvas
 

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Who loves books never goes to bed alone

14/3/2016

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Who loves books has many friends,
Who
loves books has different teachers.
Who
loves books remembers where the wisdom came from.
I can hardly recall any consideration or any idea where there was no book involved.. 
To me libraries
are sacred, books should be cherished. and reading deserves to be shared.
If I were
a cat and had nine lives, I would definitely spend at least one of them just reading.
​Magnificent!
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Eve's apple was a book

13/3/2016

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For the first believer, Adam and all those following him it has always been a harsh task to keep women under control..
The lascivious Lilith went her own way,
the dedicated Eve ate an apple
and the poetess of Qazvin taught women to read,
so that they could understand their own destiny. 

​Wise woman.
Evil end. 
Good book.


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