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“Praxeology is a theoretical and systematic, not a historical, science. Its scope is human action as such, irrespective of all environmental, accidental, and individual circumstances of the concrete acts. Its cognition is purely formal and general without reference to the material content and the particular features of the actual case. It aims at knowledge valid for all instances in which the conditions exactly correspond to those implied in its assumptions and inferences. Its statements and propositions are not derived from experience. They are, like those of logic and mathematics, a priori. They are not subject to verification or falsification on the ground of experience and facts.”
― Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
― Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
“A man ten times regrets having
spoken, for the once he regrets his silence. And why? Because the fact
of having spoken is an external fact, which may involve one in
annoyances, since it is an actuality. But the fact of having kept silent!
Yet this is the most dangerous thing of all. For by keeping silent one is
relegated solely to oneself, no actuality comes to a man’s aid by
punishing him, by bringing down upon him the consequences of his
speech. No, in this respect, to be silent is the easy way. But he who
knows what the dreadful is, must for this very reason be most fearful
of every fault, of every sin, which takes an inward direction and leaves
no outward trace.”
― The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
spoken, for the once he regrets his silence. And why? Because the fact
of having spoken is an external fact, which may involve one in
annoyances, since it is an actuality. But the fact of having kept silent!
Yet this is the most dangerous thing of all. For by keeping silent one is
relegated solely to oneself, no actuality comes to a man’s aid by
punishing him, by bringing down upon him the consequences of his
speech. No, in this respect, to be silent is the easy way. But he who
knows what the dreadful is, must for this very reason be most fearful
of every fault, of every sin, which takes an inward direction and leaves
no outward trace.”
― The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
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