Comments on: Of Muses and Mises: A Prelude to Natural Philosophy

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:32:19 +0000

Can you help me with today's NY Times crossword, Danny?

By: Troy Camplin

Troy Camplin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:01:22 +0000

Great piece. I link to it and briefly discuss it here:

http://theliteraryorder.blogspot.com/2011/03/hesiod-muses-and-mises.html

By: Seosamh

Seosamh — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:06:01 +0000

Indeed, the text is pretty close.

“Many things I can command the Mirror to reveal, and to some I can show what they desire to see. But the Mirror will also show things unbidden, and those are often stranger and more profitable than things we wish to behold. What you will see, if you leave the Mirror free to work, I cannot tell. For it shows things that were, and things that are, and things that yet may be. But which it is that he sees, even the wisest cannot always tell. Do you wish to look?”

By: Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:26:14 +0000

Now I know she says it in the movie, but does she say it in the book too?

By: Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:05:31 +0000

I grant thee 10 Mises points, which you can redeem at your nearest PDA, once anarcho-capitalism is attained.

By: Seattle

Seattle — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:03:06 +0000

Galadriel?

By: Ryan S

Ryan S — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:27:06 +0000

Bookmarked. This is superb stuff. I’ve been wanting to read more into Hesiod since I saw him mentioned briefly in Economic Thought Before Adam Smith.