A masterpiece that is still refreshing after almost 200 years
这破书这么长
Relations between races; rise of industry; political powers in aristocratic vs democratic societies; women; Russia; New England vs South; mores; the European nobility as the frontier of human experience. Portrait of individual cases, prophetic summaries and aphoristic comparisons.
胡乱塞了讨论tyranny of the majority和self-interest的章节。自利导向社会有效率的观念是从什么时候开始被普遍接受的?(霍布斯和洛克都不信)亚当斯密?
2.3 读完好久了,但是读完就忘。
there is rarely a paragraph that goes by when I am not astonished by the cogency, eloquence, insight, and relevance of this book.
看完指定的章节(差不多全书一半)+写完小论文,期间不时惊叹其洞见和宽广。但同时也无法抛开black enslavement & native genocide的历史单纯去体会一个自由主义贵族知识分子笔下的美国。Democracy虽可贵,freedom价更高,高到有人愿意亲手葬送之,只为了获得让人拥有巨大快感的所谓平等。