For Every Man a Reason
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About the author
Patrick Wilkins is an author about whom limited public information is available. To date, two works are known under his name: For Every Man A Reason and Money is the Root of All Good. Judging from these titles, his writing appears to focus on the circumstances and motivations of ordinary people, and on the complex relationship between money and morality: the former suggests a search for reasons and meaning in every person's life, while the latter reverses the familiar saying that money is the root of all evil, implying that wealth itself is not necessarily evil. Because his dates of birth and death, nationality and common categories cannot be confirmed, and no reliable information is available about his education, career or writing life, it is difficult to give a complete account of his biography or overall development as a writer. Readers seeking to understand his thinking can only turn to these two works themselves, approaching them through their choice of subjects and the reflective quality conveyed by their titles.
