But can't help but notice already something I've always held, and that's that surfeit makes us truly strangers to one another, and misery or scarcity makes enmity between us, and brings to the fore the smallness of man.
Economics really does matter.
Currently reading Weber's the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. It's fascinating. And it too reveals something I always held and that is that the Protestant work ethic is born of piety and not greed.
Max Weber was a genius!
“surfeit makes us truly strangers to one another, and misery or scarcity makes enmity between us, and brings to the fore the smallness of man.... Economics really does matter.”
Do you have any favorite quotes yet from Weber’s book, or an online link handy?