the worthless lifestyles of the rich, powerful and famous?

high living and plain thinking?

ardent passions of critiques of social decadence, UnBildung, the worthless lifestyles of the rich, powerful and famous,...cannot but be sobered and matured by learning convincingly of the centuries old historical recurrence of both.

-- thoughts on: The Simple Life, Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture, David E Shi, 1985.