tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639169129911432641.post1403604723152118898..comments2023-10-06T13:02:29.572+03:00Comments on Grupul Prospectiv™ : Europe at crossroadsGrupul Prospectivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573941535493635942noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639169129911432641.post-9916705797562397782015-06-17T18:12:39.613+03:002015-06-17T18:12:39.613+03:00Actually, the source of this warning phrase is muc...Actually, the source of this warning phrase is much older than Hemingway’s 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, set amidst the Spanish Civil War. It comes from John Donne’s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, published in London on January 9, 1624. Here we read:<br /><br /> “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were: any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” <br /><br />This is the original source of the phrase “For whom the bell tolls.” Donne was a member of the Paolo Sarpi networks, and he wrote this attempting to motivate England to intervene to save the Winter King Frederick of Bohemia from the Hapsburgs and their allies, who were about to topple him in 1620. For whatever reason, this phrase has come to the forefront on the eve of huge crises of civilization, since the Bohemian war of 1620 was the an early episode of the hugely destructive Thirty Years’ War, which destroyed between a third and a half of central Europe. The Spanish Civil War was the prelude to World War II in Europe. This time around, insane leaders like Merkel and Schäubele are pushing the world towards a new financial panic with their reckless and irresponsible anti-Greek austerity policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com