Burgess Laughlin (1944–2014)
Auteur van The Aristotle Adventure: A Guide to the Greek, Arabic, & Latin Scholars Who Transmitted Aristotle's Logic to the Renaissance
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- Officiële naam
- Elmo Burgess Laughlin
- Geboortedatum
- 1944-07-04
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2014-08-29
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The Aristotle Adventure: A Guide to the Greek,… door Burgess Laughlin
12/8/21
A simple survey of black markets c. 1980.
Years ago, I mentioned to my mother that a friend of mine had written this book on the black market. When I told her the title, she shocked me by saying, "Books like that should be burned!"
There are a lot of people who do believe such things. They will not like this book, a fine little guide to peaceful black market activity.
The author, a few years later, ran for Labor Commissioner in the state of Oregon, under the aegis of the Libertarian Party. He was the only one in the race with anything like a scholarly background in the subject. Quite amusing. One of those droll footnotes in political history.… (meer)
There are a lot of people who do believe such things. They will not like this book, a fine little guide to peaceful black market activity.
The author, a few years later, ran for Labor Commissioner in the state of Oregon, under the aegis of the Libertarian Party. He was the only one in the race with anything like a scholarly background in the subject. Quite amusing. One of those droll footnotes in political history.… (meer)
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