The Chimera of a Perfect State of Mankind

Tags: Calculation and Knowledge, Philosophy and Methodology, World History

01/26/2011 Ludwig von Mises

It is man’s nature to strive ceaselessly after the substitution of more satisfactory conditions for less satisfactory. This motive stimulates his mental energies and prompts him to act. Life in a perfect frame would reduce man to a purely vegetative existence, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973).

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