On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:07 PM, c b wrote:
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> While we're doing _ad hominem_ , did van Mises grow up poor or
> something ?
>
> "The third element was his deep hatred and contempt for the values and
> virtues of the bourgeoisie, for conventional morality, for savings and
> thrift, and for the basic institutions of family life."
Except for the stupid allegation about "savings and thrift," the rest is just a convoluted way of deprecating K because he was both gay and bohemian.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos