For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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