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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms by Nicholas Nassim Taleb


Authors
Nicholas Nassim Taleb
ISBN
9781846144585
Published
Released
01 / 02 / 2011
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
128
Dimensions
138 x 204 x 17mm

We humans, facing the limits of knowledge, try to squeeze life into reductive categories and pre-packaged narratives. Taleb demolishes our illusions, contrasting the classical values of courage, elegance and erudition against modern philistinism and phoniness.
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