From: Jim Devine <[email protected]>
of course, this refers to the _bourgeois_ political economy of Marx's day. ^^^ CB: Do you think Marx didn't think of his critique of political economy as a contribution to moral science ? ^^^^^ On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:19 AM, c b <[email protected]> wrote: > "Political economy--despite its worldly and wanton appearance--is a > true moral science, the most moral of all the sciences. Self-denial, > the denial of life and of all human needs, is its cardinal doctrine. > The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the > theatre, the dance-hall, the public-house; the less you think, love, > theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc, the more you save--the greater > becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour--your > capital. The less you are, the more you have; the less you express > your own life, the greater is your alienated life--the greater is the > store of your estranged being." > (Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844) -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
