Gramsci: I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
I read this as it's very easy to be pessimistic looking at the state of the world as an egalitarian. But it doesn't take a lot of reading to realize that nobody can predict anything, that anything is possible. To be pessimistic is not more valid than being optimistic - in fact you could say they're equally unscientific.
Gramsci: I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
I read this as it's very easy to be pessimistic looking at the state of the world as an egalitarian. But it doesn't take a lot of reading to realize that nobody can predict anything, that anything is possible. To be pessimistic is not more valid than being optimistic - in fact you could say they're equally unscientific.