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Author: stevesteve Date: Aug 18, 2008 06:39
> actually im looking for references for this in ancient greek
> philosophers. which ones of those clever chops had a nice go at it? or
> was it ruskin?
Sounds like you want Ayn Rand, to me.
"A need is not a claim."
stewe
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"History is a lie agreed upon." --Napoleon
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Author: Kingo GondoKingo Gondo Date: Aug 18, 2008 07:08
"steve" steve.com> wrote in message
news:FsidnY9Ievk45jTVnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@rcn.net...>> actually im looking for references for this in ancient greek
>> philosophers. which ones of those clever chops had a nice go at it? or
>> was it ruskin?
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> Sounds like you want Ayn Rand, to me.
No, need vs. want is Econ 101, not philosophy (which is not to concede that
Rand was philosopher).
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Author: Opry phantomOpry phantom Date: Aug 18, 2008 11:59
On Aug 18, 7:08 am, "Kingo Gondo" gmail.com>
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> news:FsidnY9Ievk45jTVnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@rcn.net...
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>>> actually im looking for references for this in ancient greek
>>> philosophers. which ones of those clever chops had a nice go at it? or
>>> was it ruskin?
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>> Sounds like you want Ayn Rand, to me.
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> No, need vs. want is Econ 101, not philosophy (which is not to concede that
> Rand was philosopher).
I need water every day; I want Zeta-Jones every night.
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Author: Howard BrazeeHoward Brazee Date: Aug 18, 2008 16:42
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:59:41 -0700 (PDT), Opry phantom
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> I need water every day; I want Zeta-Jones every night.
Lots of people survive without water every day.
On the other hand, lots of people do not need others to survive - do
any of us need to survive? We need to establish the goal first to
before determining which tools to achieve that goal are wants or
needs.
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Author: Opry phantomOpry phantom Date: Aug 18, 2008 17:14
On Aug 18, 4:42 pm, Howard Brazee brazee.net> wrote:> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:59:41 -0700 (PDT), Opry phantom
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> att.net> wrote:>> I need water every day; I want Zeta-Jones every night.
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> Lots of people survive without water every day.
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> On the other hand, lots of people do not need others to survive - do
> any of us need to survive? We need to establish the goal first to
> before determining which tools to achieve that goal are wants or
> needs.
Howie, you're a natural for the political arena.
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Author: Howard BrazeeHoward Brazee Date: Aug 18, 2008 18:09
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:14:01 -0700 (PDT), Opry phantom
att.net> wrote:
>> Lots of people survive without water every day.
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>> On the other hand, lots of people do not need others to survive - do
>> any of us need to survive? We need to establish the goal first to
>> before determining which tools to achieve that goal are wants or
>> needs.
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> Howie, you're a natural for the political arena.
I was thinking of business when I wrote the message.
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Author: bigfletch8bigfletch8 Date: Aug 20, 2008 08:30
On Aug 19, 4:59 am, Opry phantom att.net> wrote:> On Aug 18, 7:08 am, "Kingo Gondo" gmail.com>
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>>> "steve" steve.com> wrote in message>
>>news:FsidnY9Ievk45jTVnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d@ rcn.net... >
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>>>> actually im looking for references for this in ancient greek
>>>> philosophers. which ones of those clever chops had a nice go at it? or
>>>> was it ruskin?
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>>> Sounds like you want Ayn Rand, to me.
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