----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Responding to Luigino Bruni: Smith writes: " For to what purpose is all the toil and bustle of this world? What is the end of avarice and ambition, of the pursuit of wealth, of power and preeminence? From whence... arises the emulation which runs through all the different ranks of men and what are the advantages which we propose by that great purpose of human life which we call betteing our condition? To be observed, to be attended to, to be taken notice of with sampathy, complacency, and appreciation, are all the advantages which we can propose to derive from it. It is the vanity, not the ease or pleasure, which interests us." _The Theory of Moral Sentiments_, Vol. 1, pp. 98-99. Mohammad Maljoo ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]