tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post357929999875549936..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: The Harmony of EconomicsEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-59183418667677173462010-06-22T12:00:07.917-04:002010-06-22T12:00:07.917-04:00Evan read a lot of Comte recently - do you have th...Evan read a lot of Comte recently - do you have thoughts on it?dkuehnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136690886858186981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-20497634781475342372010-06-22T11:59:55.618-04:002010-06-22T11:59:55.618-04:00And its probably ultimately the classics that are ...And its probably ultimately the classics that are the source of all this 18th and 19th century work with the analogy.<br /><br />I've read more Durkheim than Comte - do you recall if they specifically appeal to this sort of analogy? It's definitely implicit in their work.dkuehnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136690886858186981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-75111486907989218792010-06-22T11:58:15.185-04:002010-06-22T11:58:15.185-04:00In a way all of 19th century sociology can be desc...In a way all of 19th century sociology can be described this way - see August Comte, structural-functionalism, Durkheim, etc. <br /><br />You see similar ideas in the works of Plato and Aristotle (depending how you read them); in many of the Roman writers, etc.Xenophonhttp://myob.myob.myob.myob.comnoreply@blogger.com