Free Roumeli by Patrick Leigh Fermor

of Western theories
Admiration for European civilization, rooted in ancient Greek liberal ideas. Some distrust of Western materialism
11
Retention of Romaic customs
Adoption of Western customs, abhorrence of Romaic orientalism
12
Distrust of the law. Readiness to bypass it bymanœuvre, favouritism or by any of the bad old short-cuts
Respect for the law. Hesitation, on principle, to bypass it by the means opposite
13
Self-reproach about Greece’s material limitations
Self-reproach about Greece’s Romaic blemishes
13 a
Respect for learning as a means to advancement
Respect for learning for its own sake
13 b
Belief in quick returns
Reliance on the long view
14
Reliance on inherited precedent and proverb
Search for analogy in the ancient world
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Seeing the outside world as a field to be exploited
Travel in search of knowledge or legitimate commerce
16
Evaluation of things in terms of money
Admission of other values
17
Reluctance to admit ignorance
Admission that there are things beyond his range of knowledge
18
Compulsive labelling of everything, whether accurate or not [6]
Compulsion to define, explain and classify
19
Looking on Greece as outside Europe
Looking on Greece as a part of Europe
20
Seeing Europe as the region of alien “Franks”
Europe the region of fellow-Europeans
20 a
Reaching agreement by bargaining
Settlement by negotiation
21
Belief in the sacredness and indestructibility of Romiosyne
Belief in the destiny of Hellas
22
Strong regional loyalty,distrust of people from different provinces, e.g. Crete v . Mani
Centripetal tendency towards Athens. Contempt for provincial rivalries and limitations
23
Certainty of every Romiòs of his own suitability for the office of Prime Minister
Decent self-confidence
24
Shrewdness, impaired by ( a ) credulity and ( b ) needless suspicion
Circumspect acumen
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Tendency to resolve political difficulties by revolution
Belief in constitutional method, with revolution only as a last resort
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Lack of scruple to gain personal ends
The soul of honour
27
Fatalism
Philosophic doubt
28
Quick wits
Lively intelligence
29
Marriage wholly determined by dowries and parental bargaining
Milder version of the same, modified by romantic and aesthetic factors
30
Blind tribal allegiance to a political party, based on regional bias or personal allegiance to a figurehead
Strong political partisanship with a greater chance of its being based on private deliberation
31
A passion for newspapers, especially the political sections
A passion for newspapers, especially the political sections
32
Unquestioning belief in the printed, as opposed to the written or spoken, word. This is corrected intermittently, by the remark: “Nothing but lies in the newspapers.” The attitudes are often reconciled by theparadoxical ability to believe two contradicting statements simultaneously
A stricter approach, and a reduced capacity for the reconciliation of opposites
33
Abhorrence of a naked fact, and haste to clothe, amplify and elaborate: “The mythopoetic faculty”
Comparative absence of this bias
34
Daemonic capacity for exertion under stimulus of enthusiasm, interest, patriotism, friendship, ambition
The same, tempered by 7, 8, 9
35
Tendency to flag if stimulus and urgency are removed. Dread of boredom
The same, corrected or mitigated by 7, 8, 9
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Procrastination due to 34, and lack of sense of time. Dislike of routine
Climatic influences, corrected or mitigated by 7, 8, 9
37
Trust in improvisation (8) and the tendency to allow things to fall into decay through feeling of impermanency of human affairs
Belief in maintenance and up-keep, due to greater hope for establishment and security
38
Sensitiveness to insult, which leads to rash, violent and self-destructive acts, or enduring and implacable feud
Same sensitiveness, but reaction less violent and calling for milder sanctions
39
Despair and melancholia ( stenachoria ) if things go wrong. May be mitigated in time by fatalism,