A recent post on the Mises Daily pages on the " Religious Roots of Liberty " by the late Congregationalist minister Rev. Edmund Optiz (1914-2006) (originially published in The Freeman, February 1955 ) provides an opportunity to restate and discuss some of the thoughts I`ve been working though...
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TokyoTom
on Sun, Aug 30 2009
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Jon Bostwick agrees on another post that "Man is clever but not wise ("homo sapiens" is a misnomer)", but further comments (emphasis added): "True. But humanity is wise. Men create cultures, economies and law. "Man's flaw is that he is over confident of his own intelligence...
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TokyoTom
on Mon, Oct 15 2007
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