A Life of Delight

Thanks to Adam Gopnik of the New Yorker, I'm quoting Voltaire this morning: 'cultivate your garden.' And this: 'fight the horror.' In this case 'the horror,' was considered to be religious fanatacism and state power. Not so different today, eh? Is it odd that Christian fanatics have risen to the top of the American Pyramid, to do battle with Muslim fanatics worlds away?

Voltaire was a famous dissident and cosmopolitan who lived at a country estate which he dubbed, 'the delights.' What is a good cosmopolitan to do, when faced with the raving, rabid fanatics who loathe cosmopolitinism? Stand your ground, cultivate your garden and live a life of delight!