When reading The Ravages of Time revel in the paradoxes (and relish the ironies). Isn't it poignant that traitors and cowards are...
When reading The Ravages of Time revel in the paradoxes (and relish the ironies).
Isn't it poignant that traitors and cowards are able to live like they do because of the loyalty and bravery of their collaborators? Or that loyalty and courage end up being used to prop up traitors and cowards as model rulers?
What about those who bash the historical records but end up citing examples from said records for their political gain? And those who defend the historical records mainly because that is how they cover up the political dynamics of said records?
Nonetheless, for all its internal tensions and oppositions it takes quite a bit of un-ironic commitment (but with a paradoxical dash of ironic distance and self-criticism) to continue examining and admiring Ravages.
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