Quote of the day - re, philosophers
Mandeville on philosophers and industrialists:
They are very seldom the same sort of people, those that invent arts and improvement in them and those that inquire into the reason of things: this latter is most commonly practiced by such as are idle and indolent, that are fond of retirement, hate business and take delight in speculation; whereas none succeed oftener in the first than active, stirring and laborious men, such as will put their hand to the plough, try experiments and give all their attention to what they are about.” Fable of the Bees, 1729
I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same …