Monday, August 16, 2004
On Nuance
To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one’s unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man… Anyone who held violent opinions could always be trusted, and anyone who objected to them became a suspect.”
-Thucydides, 415 B.C.


