tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post8747439685800670852..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Aristocracy And HumanityKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-84397971367681745832015-07-25T18:46:26.993+01:002015-07-25T18:46:26.993+01:00Correction, I should have referred to King-Emperor...Correction, I should have referred to King-Emperor Charles as the THIRD of that name, not the second. Drat!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-16485295684421059682015-07-25T09:18:57.870+01:002015-07-25T09:18:57.870+01:00Kaor, Paul!
While I agree Manuel Argos was inspir...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />While I agree Manuel Argos was inspired, at least in part, by the Roman Empire in designing the state he planned to found after the collapse of the Solar Commonwealth, that could not have been its only inspiration. Christianity, Western civilization morphing into Technic Civilization, the existence of, and participation of non humans taking part in human affairs, etc., also helped to form and shape the Terran Empire.<br /><br />And I agree with you in approving of how the King-Emperor Charles II declared it was right of the Medical Officer to focus first on those who were more seriously injured before tending to the Emperor's less serious wounds. That is simply what GOOD leaders DO. Sort of how, ideally, the captain is the last to leave a sinking ship.<br /><br />And it's my view that all civilizations, past, present, and to come, will have ranks and social stratifications. Because such things will inevitably arise simply from human beings being DIFFERENT from each other in abilities, intellect, moral character, fortune, etc. What matters, to me, is that they should not be too rigid, that it should not be too impossibly difficult for able and ambitious persons to rise and get ahead.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com