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Menger Mises and Aristotle

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William Posted: Thu, May 26 2011 12:57 PM

Great article I found that I don't think is on Mises.org:

http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/menger.html

 

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Did a quick search.  Only thing I came up with is a mention of it in this Mises Daily  where it says that paper is "essential reading" for a discussion of Aristotelian and Austrian economics.  But interestingly enough someone did start a thread about it a year ago.

In any case it's been added to the Wiki.

 

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Smith is great; I've read some of his work. It's worth printing out and highlighting. I think Plauche interacts with some of his work as well, or vice-versa. I can't quite remember of the top of my head.

There are a few more Aristotelian-Austrians as well. Edward Younkins is one such scholar that I can think of.

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Smith is awesome: mandatory reading for everyone who takes his philosophical side serious. 

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MrSchnapps replied on Thu, May 26 2011 10:08 PM

For further reading: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/lgir/research-centres/casep/research-resources/aristotelianism-and-politics/libertarian-aristotelianism-generally.cfm

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William replied on Thu, May 26 2011 10:32 PM

Thanks Schnapps, I never heard of Smith or Younkins.  From the link you provided the Younkins article on Menger looks like a good read as well. I'm probably going to avoid all the Rand/Objectivist stuff though, I keep forgetting she was an Aristotelian too.

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