CANTO XXV - Das Naturgesetz
There are for man only two principles available for a
mental grasp of reality, namely, those of teleology and
causality. What cannot be brought under either of these
categories is absolutely hidden to the human mind...for
the human mind there is no third way available.
Ludwig von Mises (economist/philosopher, 1881-1973)
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics (book, 1940/1949)
Thence by postulate, else making the most if it
Whether by a carnal flicker or an eternal flame
Either passion, neither a game, therefore fanned
Masterly planned by Job's potter and avid hands
Rather, well gotten by latent land per human task
To ends, consummate lasts of immaculate firsts
Amid, mortally cursed by terse fits or prolix trips
So to sip thy own trodden wine, or sup and dine
At tables not thine, aligned to all utopias unkind
(from Prolix Trips)
By the prick acute of flesh
By sting of eyes due to rains afresh
By love’s stain on tender heart
By naked soul hankering the parts
If love or labor seem as is, or `tis predestined
Fore and aft arrested mortality per humanity
As attested since antiquity, or no less inferior
Each act posterior, infested by acts anterior
Thus loveliest causality and loftiest divinity
Affirming adroit churning of Das Naturgesetz
Such natural law implicit, insistent, consistent
And within, each praxeological choice tendered
Rendered as hindered by subsequent effects
Consequent benefits or unavoidable detriments
There are for man only two principles available for a
mental grasp of reality, namely, those of teleology and
causality. What cannot be brought under either of these
categories is absolutely hidden to the human mind...for
the human mind there is no third way available.
Ludwig von Mises (economist/philosopher, 1881-1973)
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics (book, 1940/1949)
Thence by postulate, else making the most if it
Whether by a carnal flicker or an eternal flame
Either passion, neither a game, therefore fanned
Masterly planned by Job's potter and avid hands
Rather, well gotten by latent land per human task
To ends, consummate lasts of immaculate firsts
Amid, mortally cursed by terse fits or prolix trips
So to sip thy own trodden wine, or sup and dine
At tables not thine, aligned to all utopias unkind
(from Prolix Trips)
By the prick acute of flesh
By sting of eyes due to rains afresh
By love’s stain on tender heart
By naked soul hankering the parts
If love or labor seem as is, or `tis predestined
Fore and aft arrested mortality per humanity
As attested since antiquity, or no less inferior
Each act posterior, infested by acts anterior
Thus loveliest causality and loftiest divinity
Affirming adroit churning of Das Naturgesetz
Such natural law implicit, insistent, consistent
And within, each praxeological choice tendered
Rendered as hindered by subsequent effects
Consequent benefits or unavoidable detriments
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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
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