A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

TWO KINDS OF HAPPINESS

Nikolai Leskov, The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories, translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky (New York: Knopf, 2013) (From 'Deathless Golovan': "'But on account of him they deprived themselves of all their happiness!' 'That depends on what you consider happiness: there's righteous happiness, and there's sinful happiness. Righteous happiness doesn't step over anybody, sinful happiness steps over everything. They loved the former better than the latter . . ." Id. at 276, 318-319.).