Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Consumerism
Diogenes Laertius 2.25 (Socrates, tr. R.D. Hicks):
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Often when he looked at the multitude of wares exposed for sale, he would say to himself, "How many things I can do without!"
πολλάκις δ᾽ ἀφορῶν εἰς τὰ πλήθη τῶν πιπρασκομένων ἔλεγε πρὸς αὑτόν, "πόσων ἐγὼ χρείαν οὐκ ἔχω."
