Simply put, an oxymoron. Or at least an anachronism.
Merriam Webster (our heroes, dontcha know) says Greek philosopher Epicurus (Greek Έπίκουρος) (341 BC, Samos – 270 BC, Athens)
subscribed to a hedonistic ethics that considered an imperturbable emotional calm the highest good and whose followers held intellectual pleasures superior to transient sensualism.
Doesn't sound like the typical M&A closing dinner to me ...
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ABOUT ME
THE EPICUREAN DEALMAKER — New York, New York, USA
I facilitate, justify, and advise parties to M&A transactions, when I am not advising against them. I have been doing this for almost two decades, mostly at a couple of big banks everyone has heard of and lately at an independent advisory boutique. I am one of the bad guys, if you like.
I remain anonymous because I enjoy my job, my apartment, and my family, and I would prefer not to give any or all of them up because I have insulted or ridiculed some vengeful member of the Great and Good. This is good for you, Dear Reader, because it means I will continue to insult and ridicule said G&G, which we all acknowledge to be a more amusing pastime than reading The Wall Street Journal stock tables. You are welcome.
Should you see me on the street, however, you will be able to recognize me easily. I am the distinguished looking, well dressed 6'5" gentleman with chiseled abs and gleaming teeth the size of dinner plates. Sorry, ladies: I am not available.
View my complete profile on Blogger.com, if you must. You will find nothing there I have not already told you here.
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