“If Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, then they were certainly gatherers. But, then, consumer desire, or self-embitterment, or the 'itch,' as Schopenhauer called it, appeared in the shape of the serpent. This capitalistic monster awakens in Adam and Eve the possibility that things could be better. Instantly, they are cast out of the garden and condemned to a life of toil, drudgery, and pain. Wants supplanted needs, and things have been going downhill ever since. ”
Tom Hodgkinson
The Freedom Manifesto
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“if anything, you may think of me as Adam without his Eve, cast out of the Garden with no hope of ever returning.”
Michael R. Hicks
Confederation
“Not Adam and Eve, after eating the apple, could have been more upset than I was.”
L.P. Hartley
The Go-Between
“You ever wonder if Adam and Eve were just the puppies God dumped because they wouldn't house-train?”
Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby
“Adam and Eve had first-hand empirical evidence of God’s existence. He walked in the Garden with them. Their problem was that God told them they could not eat of a certain tree. – p. 113”
Ray A
Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Disciplines and Virtues in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety
“Where Eve chooses to go, Adam is bound to travel.”
Bryan Sykes