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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century is a 2017 book by Timothy Snyder, a historian of 20th-century Europe. The book was published by Tim Duggan Books in hardcover and by Penguin Random House in paperback. [1] A graphic version, illustrated by Nora Krug, was released October 5, 2021. [2]
They consider tyranny from historical, religious, ethical, political and fictional perspectives. "If any point in political theory is indisputable, it would seem to be that tyranny is the worst corruption of government – a vicious misuse of power and a violent abuse of human beings who are subject to it."
Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants".In contemporary parlance, it means tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown. The phrase also suggests that bad but justified outcomes should, or eventually will, befall tyrants.
Writing lines is a long-standing form of school discipline, having survived even as other old punishments such as school corporal punishment and dunce hats fell out of favour in the 20th century. [2] In a 1985 study, over half of respondent teachers in an English-speaking country indicated awareness of the use of writing to discipline students. [5]
During the Middle Ages, most theologians were influenced on the subject by Augustine's The City of God, which said that Christians should obey secular authority. [21] The scholastic philosopher John of Salisbury was the first medieval Christian scholar to defend tyrannicide, [ 22 ] under specific conditions, in the Policraticus , circa 1159. [ 23 ]
A similar system is the Iqta‘, used by medieval Islamic societies of the middle east and north Africa. This functioned much like the feudal system but generally had titles that weren't granted to a family dynasty but to individuals at the behest of the sultan and generally only required a tax from the lower classes, instead of military ...
Soft tyranny is an idea first developed by Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1835 work titled Democracy in America. [1] It is described as the individualist preference for equality and its pleasures, requiring the state – as a tyrant majority or a benevolent authority – to step in and adjudicate. [ 2 ]
In Canada, the terms "middle school" and "junior high school" are both used, depending on which grades the school caters to. [5] Junior high schools tend to include only grades 7, 8, and sometimes 9 (some older schools with the name 'carved in concrete' still use "Junior High" as part of their name, although grade nine is now missing), whereas middle schools are usually grades 6–8 or only ...