In their efforts to understand the conditions of liberty and a possibility of happiness to some degree, presupposing life or ease, two thinkers invoked a hidden hand in their formulaic diptych: Creator or Market – which? One slogan was fundamental, and the other, developmental
“Ease. Liberty.
Happiness.”
–Adam Smith,
economist.
“Life. Liberty.
The Pursuit of Happiness.”
–Thomas Jefferson,
statesman
WEALTH OF NATIONS,
DECLARATION
1776
.
Duane Vorhees