What HUMAN ACTION Means To Me

It’s been almost two months since I finished reading Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action cover-to-cover for the first time.

I am thankful for the interval between then an now: It has allowed me to further appreciate his genius. It has given me time to appreciate the myriad of ways, consciously and unconsciously, that he has affected and clarified my own though and worldview. That is to say that true mirth results from both confirmation and elaboration of your core principles and insights, especially when such validations come from a prodigious mind and humbling polymath.

A number of other esteemed scholars have weighed in on the personal impact Mises’s chef d’oeuvre has had on their lives, 75 years after its first publication–the best of these are at his eponymous Institute. All I can add is one brief sentiment and then some notes I took while consuming the work.

How magnificent is the Logos that man, made in His Image, He also ordained to profit from both his genius and his cooperation with–indeed, his love of–his neighbor.

Civilization and human flourishing depends on defending that order of freedom and consent until He returns.