The Epicurean versus the Revolution

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December 28, 2011

The Epicurean versus the Revolution

From Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy:
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"Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." This is not a very noble, nor even a very realistic kind of morality. But it seems to make a good deal more sense than the revolutionary ethic: "Die (and kill), for tomorrow someone else will eat, drink and be merry."
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Posted by The Best American Poetry on December 28, 2011 at 08:01 AM in Spontaneous Aphorisms | Permalink

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