Justice is the central star which governs societies, the pole around which the political world revolves, the principle and the regulator of all transactions. Nothing takes place between men save in the name of right; nothing without the invocation of justice.
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, What is Property? (via philosophybits)
The Dancing Pig is a silent, 4 minute long, black-and-white burlesque film released in 1907 by French company Pathé (based on a Vaudeville act).
The film has this giant/terrifying anthropomorphic pig, dressed in fancy clothes, that dances around with a girl who ultimately embarrasses the pig by ripping his clothes off.
A 2,550-year-old inscription, written in the name of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, has been discovered carved on basalt stone in northern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage recently announced.
An engraving at the top of the inscription shows King Nabonidus holding a scepter alongside four other images that include a snake, a flower and a depiction of the moon, the commission said in a statement, noting that these symbols likely have a religious meaning.
These engravings are followed beneath by about 26 lines of cuneiform text that experts with the commission are currently deciphering. This is the longest cuneiform inscription ever found in Saudi Arabia, the commission said in the statement. Read more.
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