Quoting Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>: snip > So I look forward to scientists getting in the mix, not > as philosopher-kings, but as truth tellers in a world > that's perpetually up for sale. Oy! The cynicism is unbearable. A world, our world, is a trope for an individual human person. Indeed, our understanding of "world" is grounded in our understanding of personhood. It is a subject of rights and obligations, just as you and I are. And the former because of the latter. (N.B. I am not speaking of any planet, of course.) It therefore follows that because a person has no "fancy price," the world as well is not, and cannot be, up for sale. To sell a world is to sell one's very soul. Walter O. Personal Representative Morgan Stanley Brokers Chase Bank > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html