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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hic_Rhodus,_hic_salta The phrase arises from the Latin form of Aesop's Fables (Gibbs 209; Perry 33: Chambry 51), as translated from Ancient Greek "Αὐτοῦ γὰρ καὶ Ῥόδος καὶ πήδημα" (literally) "Here is Rhodes, jump here!". In the fable, a boastful athlete brags that he once achieved a stupendous long jump in competition on the island of Rhodes. A bystander challenges him to dispense with the reports of the witnesses and simply repeat his accomplishment on the spot: "Here is Rhodes, jump here!" Proverb[edit] hic Rhodus, hic salta 1.(politics) Prove what you can do, here and now. -----Original Message----- >From: Andrew Pollack via Marxism <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 8, 2016 9:58 AM >To: Thomas F Barton <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Marxism] Khiyana and the betrayal by much of the left of the >Syrian uprising > >******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >***************************************************************** > >"Bourgeois revolutions, like those of the eighteenth century, storm more >swiftly from success to success, their dramatic effects outdo each other, >men and things seem set in sparkling diamonds, ecstasy is the order of the >day – but they are short-lived, soon they have reached their zenith, and a >long Katzenjammer [cat’s winge] takes hold of society before it learns to >assimilate the results of its storm-and-stress period soberly. On the other >hand, proletarian revolutions, like those of the nineteenth century, >constantly criticize themselves, constantly interrupt themselves in their >own course, return to the apparently accomplished, in order to begin anew; >they deride with cruel thoroughness the half-measures, weaknesses, and >paltriness of their first attempts, seem to throw down their opponents only >so the latter may draw new strength from the earth and rise before them >again more gigantic than ever, recoil constantly from the indefinite >colossalness of their own goals – until a situation is created which makes >all turning back impossible, and the conditions themselves call out: >*Hic Rhodus, hic salta!"* >[Here is the rose, here dance!] >_________________________________________________________ > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
