tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post4777050099213994046..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `The Horrible Sanity of the Institution'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-29048730311002705892017-02-17T09:50:02.621-06:002017-02-17T09:50:02.621-06:00"I learned early not to be a spendthrift (or ..."I learned early not to be a spendthrift (or miser)." Very Aristotelian. "[Purchase books] to the proper extent, for the proper reason, at the proper time, while being pleased thereby." Perversely, sometimes one refuses to purchase a book precisely because one ought; when the purchase is an obligation, a mysterious resistance arises in the will . . . On occasion, when the opportunity arises, it requires self-discipline to purchase a book one prefers not to. Oh the remorse for failing to buy the book, as one drives away from the bookstore; when paying 50% more, the next month. Virtuous purchase habits require discipline, therefore, to expend the requisite funds. I am sooooo pleased I bought Hill's six volume commentary on Boswell's Life of Johnson, even though the purchase blew the budget; had to be lugged back from Blackwells; made the heavy carry-on, very inconvenient. Now, though, one smiles with satisfaction, turning the pages: the pleasurable reward of virtue.bachiolatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046487819414229639noreply@blogger.com