SKIN IN THE GAME. At 7:00 The DEATH OF ALMUTANABBI…

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SKIN IN THE GAME. At 7:00 The DEATH OF ALMUTANABBI, page 393 of ANTIFRAGILE

Mutanabbi, to his friend who reminded him of his boast (in a poem M claims that he mastered both the sword and the word) :’your words have killed me… now I need to fight them to save my poetry so it remains pure, noble, and authentic”. And he runs to his certain death, as he was outnumbered by his enemies.

This is a Lebanese play (Classical Arabic spoken with a Levantine accent).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D874W3qyn-4&list=PL0A78F5FE80F10185

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The GOLDEN RULE in Isocrates

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The GOLDEN RULE in Isocrates, 5th Century BC,Way before both Christianity and Rabbi Hillel.”Do not do to others that which angers you when they do it to you.
“ἃ πάσχοντες ὑφ’ ἑτέρων ὀργίζεσθε, ταῦτα τοὺς ἄλλους μὴ ποιεῖτε.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0144%3Aspeech%3D3%3Asection%3D61

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Erudition without bullshit…

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Erudition without bullshit, intellect without cowardice, courage without imprudence, mathematics without nerdiness, scholarship without academia, intelligence without shrewdness, religiosity without intolerance, elegance without softness, sociality without dependence, enjoyment without addiction, and, above all, nothing without skin in the game.
(A letter of advice to a younger person)

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