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Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?

Novalis
Philosophy, Bread, Immortality
As quoted in the essay "Novalis" by Thomas Carlyle, 1829.
Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?