Smith Had It Right
Monday, May 7th, 2007“Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.” — Adam Smith
Archive for the 'Precepts' Category
Something for the literate
Sunday, March 5th, 2006Oxford University Press is in the midst of a winter sale. That means you can buy the Oxford Latin Dictionary for $125. The library edition of R.B. Bernstein’s well-regarded Jefferson: The Revolution of Ideas is going for $12.
Some of the bargains aren’t much better than what you can get from a little hunting around [...]