"Adam Smith's enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things." Robert L. Heilbroner commenting on An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations--
We are no Adam Smith, but we are putting forth "an effort to see to the bottom of things."
"They are imposters"? I have read this poem quite a few times and have wondered about this stanza. The not making thoughts your aim is sound advice, but what do you think triumph and disaster are impersonating?
"They are imposters"? I have read this poem quite a few times and have wondered about this stanza. The not making thoughts your aim is sound advice, but what do you think triumph and disaster are impersonating?
ReplyDeleteThey are impersonating something important, something relevant.
ReplyDeleteThere are no triumphs or disaster; only events we must react to.