BENE FACIENDO BONUM EFFICERE

["Thomas Reed" <tombreed@attbi.com>]

Dear All:

I have long admired the phrase "doing well by doing good" and recently
recommended it to Shivayam Ellis, my 26 year old partner in WoodGas
CampStoves.  I have pensions and savings to insulate me from the daily need
for more money, (though I pursue it at a higher level, knowing that more
money would enable me to do more good).

The phrase seems to me to embody the essence of the capitalist system.  It
is difficult in our society to "do well" without (often accidentally) doing
some good.  (Exceptions are drug dealers, ... fill in your favorite blanks).

I have also long admired the pithy Roman phrases sthat pepper out language
because we haven't thought of better ones in English/French/German/ ...  and
I have a latin phrase book with 50 pages of pith from

ad astra per aspera  (To the Stars through adversity)   to

Vox Populi, vox Dei  (The voice of the people is the voice of God)
                                        ~~~~~~~
So I wrote my Latin expert, Prof. George Honig at Purdue for a translation
and he came up with

Bene Faciendo Bonum Efficere (To bring about good by doing well)

I have asked him also for the imperitive form meaning

Do good (while) doing well!

I have noted that several members of these lists have decided to go into
business to spread the results of research to those who need it.

Carpe diem!           TOM REED            BEF


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