In the Greek cities, it was reckoned profane, that any person should pretend a property… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the Greek cities, it was reckoned profane, that any person should pretend a property in a work of art which belonged to all who could behold it.
The Conduct of Life · 1860
★ 3.6Provenance
Current citation
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Wealth.” The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.
Original citation
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Wealth." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.
