 |
| Click on Cartoon to Enlarge |
I love this cartoon! But the word "interest" itself interests me.
Inter esse --“to be between”--is the Latin root of the word. To be interested in something is neither to dwell in the self nor be lost in the other but to revel in the connection between the two. What interests us is what touches us, bears upon us.
To take the cartoon seriously for a moment, if you needed to borrow money, that would be your interest in this bank; if they loaned it to you, the percent they charge is their interest in making the loan. If they have “interest-free checking,” then despite the insulting bank teller, their "interest" is in other income they can make from you once you decide to bank with them and do checking "free."
No comments:
Post a Comment