Tuesday 14th October 2008

“…financial crisis are not a pathology of capitalism: they are integral to capitalism. Thinking it is possible, thanks to better rules and to enlightened regulators, to eliminate the risk, and thus the crisis, is a silly thing. The risk is the soul of capitalism because both the businessman and the banker want to find risky occasions and to bet on their own ability at winning…”: Francesco Giavazzi

 

Wild capitalism =  capitalism tout court?

 

Nicolás Gómez Dávila: “The stupid person is scandalized and laughs when he understands that philosophers contradict each other. It is difficult to make him understand that philosophy is the art of contradiction  without annihilation”.

Better getting enriched, Giovanni Reale highlights.

 

Pippo Corigliano, spokesperson of the Opus Dei in Italy. L’Infedele, La7. The furtive and indiscreet glance of the camera catches the fawning essence of the smiling Pharisee.

 

Lord, make me never fall in love with myself.

 

The mystic wedding with Jesus, where all the believers are called, wants and involves affective and mental ascesis, theandric balance.

This article is available in Italian too