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1 Dec 2021 Conversations with Tyler Ruth Scurr on the Art of Biography
“I absolutely adore that text. And he’s also one — I think he’s probably, in France, the very earliest social scientist as well.”
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- 1 Dec 2021
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…What is the depth in there that most people fail to see? They don’t read it. It’s huge. That’s one reason for it being a desert island . . . Montesquieu is a brilliant, brilliant man, and he’s a true, true liberal. I absolutely adore that text. And he’s also one — I think he’s probably, in France, the very earliest social scientist as well. Stonehenge, as a monument: overrated or underrated? It’s a megalith, right?…
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