https://www.isegoria.net/2015/12/the-lure-of-luxury/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 31 May 2026 02:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/12/the-lure-of-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-2444411 Tim Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:40:47 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39389#comment-2444411 ‘Luxury’ is the basis of civil society. I don’t mean the luxury of driving a Rolls Royce, but the luxury of being able to expend creative talents and energies on things other than survival.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2015/12/the-lure-of-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-2444227 Dan Kurt Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:32:20 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=39389#comment-2444227 Regarding “Building from the insights of Thorstein Veblen,” read Mencken’s “Professor Veblen,” which is on pages 265–275 in his A Mencken Chrestomathy. Get a taste here.

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