Re: MR: Disc: Saber es poder

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Poster: edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com

> >   I believe the English might also have a proverb about
> >   the link between knowledge and power.
> >
> > Oh.  You mean "Power corrupts: Absolute Power is kinda neat"?
>
> I like it. Winston Churchill, right?

May I suggest that you are simply wrong in every particular?
First of all, it was George Santayana.
Secondly, the correct quotation is:
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Thirdly, it has nothing to do with knowlege, power and the
relationship between them.
Fourthly, it is a quotaion, not a proverb.
Fifthly, Santayana was not English.
Sixthly, you don't like it.

BTW, I saw the following item on the Lord Acton Book Shoppe
home page (http://www.acton.org/books.html):

     Lord Acton T-Shirt

    Impress your friends with this Lord Acton t-shirt!
    It features an illustration of Lord Acton on the front with
    the caption, "Power Corrupts." Comes in large or extra large.

    $12.00

    Item: TEE1

The home page is maintained by the Acton Institute for the
Study of Religion and Liberty, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

-- Alfredo
 
 
Alfredo el Bufon
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