
“2666. If Afflictions refine some, they consume others.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Quoted in Chuck Collins, Nit-Picking Piketty http://inequality.org/nitpicking-piketty/ (2015).
At ASSA http://events.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/b6d6725ea1df49c896fc82465f732e9b1d, 01:40:27.
“2666. If Afflictions refine some, they consume others.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007)
La Jornada, México (2 May 2007) http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2007/05/02/puebla/s1ret14.php
Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
“We go about in the night and are consumed by fire.”
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
Source: The circuit flow of money, 1922, p. 264
In reference to a suggestion by Microsoft's Peter Moore that one could buy a Wii and an Xbox 360 for the price of a PlayStation 3
On Nintendo's competitors
Source: USA Today: Nintendo hopes Wii spells wiiner http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-08-14-nintendo-qa_x.htm