Discusión:Salvor Hardin

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"La violencia es el último recurso del incompetente."

Se atribuye a Hardin y creo recordar que estaba colgada en su despacho, en Términus. Sin emabrgo, está inspirada en una frase de Samuel Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

Nota: "scoundrel" creo que significa bribón, maleante

--213.98.89.233 16:02 18 ago, 2008 (CEST)

Otra famosa frase, que creo que también es de Hardin:

"Nunca dejes que tu sentido de la moral te impida hacer lo que está bien."

--213.98.89.233 16:04 18 ago, 2008 (CEST)

De Wikipedia en inglés:

Salvor Hardin
Salvor Hardin was the first mayor of Terminus, the capital planet of the Foundation in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. He is portrayed as a shrewd and ruthless politician, a master manipulator who acts in the interests of the Seldon Plan. Hardin began his career studying psychohistory under Alurin, but when he found no facilities on Terminus to pursue it, he went into politics instead. Hardin was elected mayor of Terminus, and although he had no legal ownership of the "Terminus City Journal", he controlled and used it as a way to influence trends and people. He transformed his previously powerless office into the most formidable political position in the Foundation. [1]
First Seldon Crisis
Shortly before this crisis, Hardin realizes that military support of Terminus is dissolving: the Empire effectively gives Anacreon and the other nearby kingdoms (collectively known as the Four Kingdoms) full independence. Hardin engineers a bloodless coup intended to leave the mayor's office, as opposed to the Encyclopedia Foundation, in complete control of Terminus. At the same time, Hari Seldon's first appearance in the time vault gives Hardin the clue he needs to solve the first Seldon Crisis, the solution being to play Anacreon and its neighbors against each other. In addition, Hardin promulgates to them a pseudo-religion known as Scientism, which is used to control the masses in those kingdoms.[1]
Second Seldon Crisis
The second Seldon Crisis arises when Anacreon, under Prince Regent Wienis, the power behind the throne of the soon to be King Lepold I, builds up Anacreon’s battle fleet. By using the masses’ belief in the Foundation’s “religion” against him, Wienis is defeated and commits suicide, and Lepold signs a treaty that is very favorable to the Foundation. [1]
Epigrams
Salvor Hardin was well known in the Foundation for his epigrams. The four that are mentioned in the series are:
  • "A nuclear blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways."
  • "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right".
  • "It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety".
  • His best-known maxim, "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", became one of Asimov's favorite sayings.

--80.39.1.114 10:14 26 ago, 2008 (CEST)

La primera: "una bomba nuclear es una buena arma, pero puede ser apuntada en ambas direcciones", tiene sentido en el contexto, pero no nos sería defícil proporcionárselo.

La tercera, me suena mucho, pero no estoy seguro de su traducción. Podría ser, 2paga por lo obvio, especialmente si tienes reputación de sutileza". Debería ser también mencionada en su contexto, pues su significado no es tan evidente como el de las otras dos.

--213.98.89.233 10:42 26 ago, 2008 (CEST)