Lucian of Samosata was a second-century rhetorician and satirist whose economically astute work The Sale of Philosophy skewered the Greek-Roman philosophical scene of his day. As Lucian suggested more than eighteen hundred years ago, the economic approach can help explain why some thinkers and schools of thought are taken more seriously than others.
The Market for Philosophers
An Interpretation of Lucians Satire on Philosophy
By George Bragues
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article
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the Fall 2004 issue of The Independent Review.
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