La historia de España en 50 tuits

A la muerte de su padre en 1598, Felipe III heredó un gigantesco imperio que inexorablemente exigía ser mantenido por la fuerza de las armas. El nuevo rey, con sus veinte años apenas recién cumplidos, era renuente a esa fatalidad y procuró no emprender nuevas aventuras militares. A pesar de la mejor voluntad real, las inmensas posesiones españolas se vieron una y otra vez atacadas y, en solo diez años, obligaron a sus ejércitos a mantener 162 batallas repartidas por todos los confines terrestres. Hasta ahora, la historiografía convencional solía tratar aquellos encuentros que se...

«[...] En to dos los temas de opinion el pacto social, o el principio por el cual la sociedad se mantiene unida, requiere que la mayoria de las opiniones se convierta en regla para el conjunto y que la minoria rinda obediencia practica a la misma. Esto es perfectamente conforme con el principio de igualdad de derechos, porque, en primer lugar, todo hombre tiene derecho a dar una opinion, pero ningun hombre tiene derecho a que su opinion gobierne a los demas. [...]»

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