Clash of civilizations: prophecy or contradiction in terms?(Part II: myths: framing the problem)

From: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Vasillopulos, Christopher | Copyright information

Acts done from passion seem very far from being acts of deliberate choice.

Aristotle (1)

PROLOGUE

CONSIDER SCHILLER'S ACCOUNT OF the destruction of Magdeburg in 1631. While he dwelled on the "brutal appetites" of the multinational troops, he also made a special point of stressing that Tilly [the Catholic commander], ignoring the scruples of several of his own officers, did nothing to restrain them once they were inside the city gates. "Here commen...

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