Two towering intellectuals, one ends up with a peerage, the other,with an icepick in his skull,

Both were men of attractive personality and great natural gifts. One of them was J.M. Keynes, the economist, who ended up a millionaire and with a peerage. The other one was Leon Trotsky, who ended
with an icepick in his skull.

They were the twin lives to which intellectual choice in our society lies.


Source Alisdair Macintyre: Breaking the chains of reason.