source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/22/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-war-hostages
In time, the plea-bargain talks collapsed, a new attorney general came on the scene, and Netanyahu reclaimed the one position that provided refuge from #prosecution—his old job.
Away with empire, and oppressive laws;
None but the fool can wish for regal power,
That he may proudly lord it o’er his equals.[οὔτ᾽ εἰκὸς ἄρχειν οὔτ᾽ ἐχρὴν ἄνευ νόμου
τύραννον εἶναι” μωρία δὲ καὶ ϑέλειν
ὃς τῶν ὁμοίων βούλεται χρατεῖν μόνος.]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Antigone [Ἀντιγόνη], frag. 172 (TGF, Kannicht) (c. 420-406 BC) [tr. Wodhall (1809)]
#quote #quotation #ambition #controln #king #monarchy #power
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/euripides/57923/
To all those who feel so uncomfortable with the contemporary
obligation to be ambitious, remember :
"It is not a refusal to ambition when you place it on another plane and agree not to be the center of it."
https://notesandsilence.com/2020/02/27/ambition-quand-tu-ne-nous-tiens-pas-quote
I am going through a highly surprising moment...
https://notesandsilence.com/2022/03/04/entangled-in-opportunities/
#Zen #Meditation #Conscience #Experience #Ambition #spirituality
