Comment on Smith and Apter: or, Whatever Happened to the Great Issues?
1957; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 51; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1951862
ISSN1537-5943
Autores Tópico(s)Economic Theory and Institutions
Resumo“I don't think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while—just once in a while—there was at least some polite little per func tory implication that knowledge should lead to wisdom , and that if it doesn't , it's just a disgusting waste of time. But there never is! You never even hear any hints dropped on a campus that wisdom is supposed to be the goal of knowledge. You hardly ever even hear the word ‘wisdom” mentioned! Do you want to hear something funny? In almost four years of college—and this is the absolute truth —in almost four years of college, the only time I can remember ever even hearing the expression ‘wise man’ being used was in my freshman year, in Political Science! And you know how it was used? It was used in reference to some nice old poopy elder statesman who'd made a fortune in the stock market and then gone to Washington to be an advisor to President Roosevelt. Honestly , now! Four years of college, almost! I'm not saying that happens to ev erybody, but I just get so upset when I think about it I could die!”—Comment by Miss Franny Glass in “Zooey,” a story by J. D. Salinger in The New Yorker , May 4, 1957.
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