When I was a young man I thought that metaphysics was the most exciting (and important) thing in the world. I wish now that I had not wasted so much time on the imponderable questions of metaphysics but had used it to more worthwhile effect. Rather than study philosophy, I should have studied insects.
In the little essays that follow, I have no grand theory to prove, no single message to convey. Small things and slight occurrences have caught my attention and caused me to reflect a little. I hope only to please the reader.
- Theodore Dalrymple
Über den Autor Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a psychiatrist and former prison doctor. He is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor for City Journal and writes for the National Review and Wall Street Journal. He is the author of several books, including the acclaimed Life at the Bottom.
