All,
There's the story of the tourist out west.
He came across an old Indian sitting on a blanket, smoking a pipe. He
passed the time of day then said:
"Chief, why do you just sit there. Why don't you get a job?"
"Why should I want to do that?"
"Well, you can work hard, learn a lot, rise through your company, make a
good salary, until at last you can retire - and then you won't have to
work any more."
The Indian thought for a moment, then said:
"Not working now."
Harry
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Brad McCormick, Ed.D. wrote:
>
> AR Gouin wrote:
> [snip]
> > Let's celebrate for a year, OK? :-).
> >
> > Amicalement,
> > "The end of labor is to gain leisure." Aristotle.
> > -- ARG d'Ottawa ON Canada. Futuriste-au-loisir maintenant. --
>
> I would argue that a big factor in the present-day economic
> situation, at least in the United States and other
> proudly neo-laissez faire countries is that we have forgotten
> this wisdom of Aristotle's (along with his other wisdom
> that slaves would not be necessary if machines operated
> themselves).
>
> Freedom *from* enterprise is a very
> different aspiration than freedom *of* enterprise (Hannah
> Arendt dealt with this devolution in _The Human Condition_).
>
> \brad mccormick
>
> --
> Mankind is not the master of all the stuff that exists, but
> Everyman (woman, child) is a judge of the world.
>
> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (914)238-0788 / 27 Poillon Rd, Chappaqua, NY 10514-3403 USA
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