In Jerusalem, it is not external beauty that matters. The city's beauty lies in the ideal of a spiritual essence. Jerusalem is God's thought manifested in stone and history, making it unique among the cities of the world.
The history of Israel encompasses the entire spectrum of human life, from the heights of divine inspiration and self-sacrifice to the depths of sinful wickedness and treacherous disobedience. At times, it is a story of living faith, selfless piety, and noble precedents and examples; at others, it is marked by civil wars, factionalism, internal...
Quantitative criteria (such as territory, population, gross national product, armed forces, etc.) alone are insufficient to define small states.
The common characteristic of small states is that, due to their physical capacities, their international positions are relatively weak, their international interests and awareness are more regionally...
Kosáry Domokos "A történelem veszedelmei", Magvető könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1987
