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[brinshannara]

The thought occurs to me that I should really try to discuss sociological views and concepts with people to keep them fresh in my mind. I was telling a friend, C, about this theory that we are all born with all the knowledge in the world and that childbirth is so traumatic that we never recover from that, and spend our entire lives trying to recover that knowledge.

And I'm like "I don't know WHO said that. Some dead guy. But by Monday, I'll know!"

And now I know it's Socrates.

Enjoy, having learned that bit of trivia.

OH, and a way to remember what Thomas Hobbes said about power: Hobbes wonders how we can interact at all and not try to take over each other. He says there's something in nature counter-acting our natural instinct.

Thomas Hobbes = guy that Hobbes the Tiger was based on = nature/tiger/hunger/power/dominance. HAH.

Oh, and Smith (whose first name is missing from my notes) argues that trade -> markets -> social division -> skilled labourers -> national wealth. In this natural predisposition, this means capital accumulation. "Gotta get more stuff.", says my notes. Which means that Smith is Gabrielle Solis. Further, Smith is associate with John Locke, which I will remember because Desperate Housewives is on ABC just like Lost is.

I hate social theory, but I do like how it can make me think. And the weird connections my brain comes up with.

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[carta.livejournal.com]

Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations - he was kind of the father of modern economic theory, if I remember right. And a royal pain in my ass when I was studying this crap in undergrad.

[brinshannara]

Oh my God, that's it!

God bless you. :)