To clarify: the title is excerpted from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. The full quote goes:
"Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile;
So ere you find where light in darkness lies,
Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes."
It's a warning against spending too much of your life in scholarly pursuits.
Day By Day
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Altruism and War
Could human altruism be a product of early warfare? Evolutionary psychologist Samuel Bowles argues that it could, and probably was. Read about it here.
