tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post115825310142717027..comments2023-12-29T21:34:44.579-05:00Comments on Political Yen/Yang: The Franco-American Disconnect: Interest vs. ReasonLA Sunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158550001293629932006-09-17T23:26:00.000-04:002006-09-17T23:26:00.000-04:00Hi Flocon,//Now what is Europe?//Someone once said...Hi Flocon,<BR/><BR/><EM>//Now what is Europe?//</EM><BR/><BR/>Someone once said, "What is truth?". Big question. It's been debated long bfore we were ever around and will be debated long after we are gone, I suspect.<BR/><BR/>As I said, the post was written a pretty good while back. One source I like and may have used was <A HREF="http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2005/12/LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158532838690956242006-09-17T18:40:00.000-04:002006-09-17T18:40:00.000-04:00Now, why did I write there were 32 countries only ...Now, why did I write there were 32 countries only in Europe whereas they're about 40 with Albania, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Lichtenstein, the Vatican etc.?<BR/>All in all you're right when it comes to the global figure of population. Be that as it may, the last cited countries don't add much...<BR/>Now what is Europe? <BR/><BR/>FloconAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158515565657460902006-09-17T13:52:00.000-04:002006-09-17T13:52:00.000-04:00Regarding the population of Europe, this a worm ca...Regarding the population of Europe, this a worm can indeed. What is Europe? <BR/>The UE? (25 members)<BR/>The Euro zone? (12 members)<BR/>The continent, as you wrote? (32 countries)<BR/>This is where the problem is: What are the boundaries of Europe? Political, geographical, historical?<BR/>All Europeans see Switzerland or Norway as European countries, no doubt about it. <BR/>When it comes to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158501998930415532006-09-17T10:06:00.000-04:002006-09-17T10:06:00.000-04:00Flocon,I saw a comment you left on a post from May...Flocon,<BR/><BR/>I saw a comment you left on a post from May 2005, in which you dispute the figures I had on the European population. (<A HREF="http://poli-yy.blogspot.com/2005/05/euro-continues-skid-against-dollar.html" REL="nofollow">Here</A>)<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Europe#Total_population" REL="nofollow">Here is my source for the European populationLA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158497405684480052006-09-17T08:50:00.000-04:002006-09-17T08:50:00.000-04:00Flocon,I wondered if that was you, but did not wan...Flocon,<BR/><BR/>I wondered if that was you, but did not want to commit myself to assuming that much. <BR/><BR/>Voltaire and Rousseau, I am familiar with. Montesquieu, I have heard of. But the others, I haven't. I will look for some material on them, when I get some time. <BR/><BR/>I looked back at Dr, Rummel's commentary and found that he stated that Descartes' work in Geometry was one factor orLA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158483726189129912006-09-17T05:02:00.000-04:002006-09-17T05:02:00.000-04:00Hmmm... For some reason I forgot to give my name o...Hmmm... For some reason I forgot to give my name on the comment I posted yesterday. Sorry about that.<BR/><BR/>Among many other names you also can think of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Alembert" REL="nofollow">D'Alembert </A>and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diderot" REL="nofollow">Diderot</A> who were the main driving forces behind the publication of <A HREF="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158463197952086402006-09-16T23:19:00.000-04:002006-09-16T23:19:00.000-04:00Thank you, whoever you are.Being horrible with dat...Thank you, whoever you are.<BR/><BR/>Being horrible with dates, I confused Descartes' time closer to that of the revolution. But as a result of your comment and upon further reading, I see that he was much earlier. <BR/><BR/>However, I will go out on a limb here and say that Descartes was very revered by the French even up to the days of the revolution. Part of that popularity was due to the factLA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-1158453725890333292006-09-16T20:42:00.000-04:002006-09-16T20:42:00.000-04:00A great post you've written here LAS. Before I com...A great post you've written here LAS. Before I come back to it, there's something that I find somehow intriguing...<BR/>René Descartes is one of the last names I would think of when it comes to the thinkers whose works had some influence on the French Revolution. Of course, it is always possible to refer to some part of his thinking that could eventually be interpreted as a harbinger of what was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com