And he preferred reading Jane Austen to doing multivariate analysis.But system-building often produces castles in the air rather than enduring insights.
One of Smith's most enduring insights is the simple yet elegant explanation of the mutual dependence between the division of labor and the extent of markets (I.iii).
That chiselled-down identity made me wince, because heis also one of the 20th-century's great, cranky public intellectuals, of any nation– India's Tocqueville, really, with enduring insights into the structure and psychology of democracy in general.
This book is full of enduring insights about time, literature, and memory; it is also a hilarious and scandalous and frightening chronicle of full-blown heroin addiction (and graduate school!).
And so it was, scholars say, with psychoanalysis itself, which for years refused to adapt to an onslaught of findings from cognitive psychology, pharmacology and neuroscience — and which, despite enduring insights into human behavior, has lost much of its authority in psychiatry and with the public.
I need to do something just to get— I got pretty bummed out and it was hard making choices and just going through every day and then I saw that [antidepressant] helping…" [Patient 20] Psychotherapy was reported to instill enduring insights.
The book is a treasure, a triumph and a singular achievement that invites fresh and enduring insights with each viewing.
Interestingly, perhaps his most enduring insights into the human condition are to be found not in his political writings but in his personal letters, where he reflects on a life characterized not by Machiavellian triumphs but by guileless defeats.
Deeply researched and rich with insight and detail, Clashing over Commerce provides valuable and enduring insights into US trade policy past and present.
