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April 25, 2007Most Bizarre Sentence Ever?Bryan CaplanI don't know what I am going to say. I'm tempted to try a comparison of four intellectuals at four different moments in western print-culture: William of Occam, Niccolo Machiavelli, Adam Smith, and Tyler Cowen. RETURN TO: Econlog Main | Archives | Top of page READ MORE: Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0) CATEGORIES: Economics and Culture (125) COMMENTS
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Patrick R. Sullivan writes: Looks like he's been banging his head against the wall again. Posted April 25, 2007 01:59 PMBarkley Rosser writes: What it means is that in a debate, Tyler will use a Smithian advocac of free markets to cut Macchiavelli's cynicism with an Occam's razor. Posted April 25, 2007 05:03 PMArnold Kling writes: I see Brad as perhaps saying he will tie together culture with the form and content of written expression. Neil Postman used to do that sort of thing. Postman always denigrated 20th-century media/content in favor of Enlightenment-era equivalents. Posted April 25, 2007 06:14 PMdearieme writes: I'll ignore the elephant in the room, but can't resist wondering at the use of "at four different moments in western print-culture" to include two people who existed before western print-culture. Was Mr DeRound tired? Posted April 25, 2007 09:25 PMTRACKBACKS
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