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Isaac Chan said:
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One particular line struck me, which cemented The Road to Serfdom as one of the finest books I've read this year. To quote Hayek, "Planning owes its popularity largely to the fact that everybody desires, of course, that we should handle our common pr
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whereas the 2 intellectual forebears of National Socialism, Thomas Carlyle and Houston Stewart Chamberlain, were a Scot and an Englishman. (Hayek's point is that it is nonsense to bifurcate that Brits: classical liberals; Germans: socialists)
When I read 'On liberty', I could not sense that Mill drew such influence from Goethe and Humboldt: but I have faith in Hayek's knowledge as a Mill scholar." — Feb 06, 2026 04:56AM
"Note n/n:
whereas the 2 intellectual forebears of National Socialism, Thomas Carlyle and Houston Stewart Chamberlain, were a Scot and an Englishman. (Hayek's point is that it is nonsense to bifurcate that Brits: classical liberals; Germans: socialists)
When I read 'On liberty', I could not sense that Mill drew such influence from Goethe and Humboldt: but I have faith in Hayek's knowledge as a Mill scholar." — Feb 06, 2026 04:56AM
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But then, what is the foundation of why we identified custom itself that led Hume to causally infer custom? It is now obvious that this is a painful ad infinitum chain of probing that must eventually lead to a BELIEF - that 'custom connects all our causal reasonings'. This belief is but a leap of faith. I have no reason to particularly favour Hume's belief over, say, a rationalist philosopher's belief." — Jan 28, 2026 04:35AM
"Note n/n:
But then, what is the foundation of why we identified custom itself that led Hume to causally infer custom? It is now obvious that this is a painful ad infinitum chain of probing that must eventually lead to a BELIEF - that 'custom connects all our causal reasonings'. This belief is but a leap of faith. I have no reason to particularly favour Hume's belief over, say, a rationalist philosopher's belief." — Jan 28, 2026 04:35AM
“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― Macbeth
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― Macbeth
“The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
― The Quintessence of Ibsenism
― The Quintessence of Ibsenism
“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
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“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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