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Instead of Chesterton, I think Thomas Aquinas made the same point more simply: "If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in p
by cjpearson 2y ago
Instead of Chesterton, I think Thomas Aquinas made the same point more simply: "If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."
- jtwaleson 2y agoThat’s beautiful and succinct. I wasn’t aware of it, thanks for sharing!
- olivierduval 2y agoWhen I started to work at a big company on car safety, my manager told me as a joke: "the safest car is the car that doesn't move".
- Y_Y 2y ago> A ship in port is safe. But that’s not what ships were built for. arsa Grace Hopper, who was quoting John Shedd.
- spywaregorilla 2y agoWhat if two other aims, combined, outweighed the desire for safety?