He discusses the adolescent phase of life, when a person is old enough to do as he pleases regardless of what his parents say, and too young to have internalized the reasons why his parents didn't want him doing certain things. (Intellectuals tend not to outgrow that phase.)
This is a gem:
Two centuries ago, the great British legal scholar William Blackstone pointed out that there are some laws so old that no one remembers why they existed or what purpose they served then or now. But the bad consequences of repealing some of these laws have often made painfully clear what purpose they served.
This is a beautiful example of what Sowell calls the "constrained vision".
No comments:
Post a Comment