2. This is now forgotten, but Lawrence was a herald of a kind of liberal inter-racial cooperation against imperialism. It’s worth noting that he developed some of he the tactics & strategy that would be used in Vietnam & Algeria
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3. I think the main point to draw from Lawrence is the importance one absolutely determined and disciplined man can have, i.e. he can literally lead a nation—the Arab nation in this case—to which he does not belong.
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4. Lawrence really was the “1 man worth 10,000” that Heraclitus spoke about. He was also the perfect balance of modern, Medieval, and Ancient. He had a quote from Herodotus above his cottage door at “Clouds Hill” in Devon: “Who cares?”
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5. Inside, the cottage is decorated with Medieval drawings and Arabian sketches, but it also contains aluminium (the latest material then) and windows like this porthole.pic.twitter.com/HYzU1T9aKs
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6. Lawrence was in the Air Force and the Tank—the most advanced sections of his military—and worked on a speedboat. But he was also an archaeologist, classicist, Arabist, and Medievalist. He was, in other words, a completely holistic man who combined Ancient, Medeival, and Modern
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7. This is the type of man we should aspire towards in my view—not “cyberpunk” or “tradcat”, or “Weibo”. We need people who are comfortable reading about computer programming, studying the history of the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, and also read Cicero in Latin & do MMA.
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