“The main idea of personal happiness at that [Colonial] time was not some hedonistic notion of pleasure but the other, more philosophical, kind. The Greek philosophers believed that discovering one's own talents and then taking the pleasure of exploiting them… — Jack Hitt Copy Share Image
“...most gentlemen of breeding considered themselves amateurs at all kinds of disciplines. Go all the way back to Jefferson, who collected fossils and wrote… — Jack Hitt Copy Share Image
“The main idea of personal happiness at that [Colonial] time was not some hedonistic notion of pleasure but the other, more philosophical, kind. The… — Jack Hitt Copy Share Image
“Evolution has one big rule: If there's no pressure on the system to change, then it doesn't bother.” — Jack Hitt Copy Share Image