Those Who Despair Of Life

Creeds And Causal Systems Have Argued With Each Other For Millennia, And Even So We And Our Ancestors Have Managed To Live In A World Of Differing Opinions. Philosophical Disputes Don't Often Affect The Price Of Fish Or Wine.

We Put Up With A Lot To Be Saved From Chaos. We Always Have.

Growing Up Human Is Uniquely A Matter Of Social Relations Rather Than Biology. What We Learn From Connections Within The Family Takes The Place Of Instincts That Program The Behavior Of Animals; Which Raises The Question, How Good Are These Connections?

I Am Not Sure How Many "sins" I Would Recognize In The World. Some Would Surely Be Defused By Changed Circumstances. But I Can Imagine None That Is More Irredeemably Sinful Than The Betrayal, The Exploitation, Of The Young By Those Who Should Care For Them.

The Idea Of Power As A Possession, Whose Asset Can Be Banked And Drawn On When Needed, Comes Easy To A Society Whose Rules Grow Out Of The Methods Of Finance Capitalism.