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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

The Analects of Boettke

Adam Martin, New York University

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TheAnalectsofBoettkeTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,125-141AdamMartin*�NewYorkUniversityAbstractAphorismsarepithyexpressionsfrequentlyentailingsomeparadox,eitherinternallyorinjuxtapositionwithotheraphorisms.ThisarticlecollectsandinterpretstheaphorismsthatPeterBoettkeusesintheinstructionofgraduatestudentsineconomics.Italsoexaminestheroleofaphorismsinacademiceconomics,arguingthattheirvalueistobeseenprimarilyinthecraftofeconomicsratherthanineconomicreasoningperse.JELCodes:A11,A14,A23,B41,B53Keywords:Aphorisms;Economiceducation;I.IntroductionTheMastersaid,“Studyasthoughyoucannotcatchuptoit,andasthoughyoufearyouaregoingtoloseit.”–Analects8.171KŏngFūzĭwasascholarandsageofgreatrenownwholivedduringtheZhouDynasty.TodayheisbetterknownbytheLatinized“Confucius,”foldingtogetherbothhisname(Kŏng)andhistitle(Fūzĭ),whichmeans“Master”or“Teacher.”Attheheartofhisteachingsistheideathatrespectforsocialnormscanennobleindividualcharacter.Byobservingcustomarymanners(lĭ),orritualpropriety),oneinternalizestheirmeaningandthuscomestoexhibitauthoritativeconduct(rén,orbenevolence)bywhichonebecomesmorefullyhuman(i.e.,followsthedao).2Livinginatimeofpolitical*�Thankstotheothercontributorstothisvolume,StevenHorwitz,andDavidPrychitkofortheirinvaluablehelpingatheringthelistofaphorisms.AndofcoursemydeepestgratitudegoestoPeterBoettke.SeePete,Iwaslistening.1ThroughoutIreferencetheAmesandRosemont(1998)editionofTheAnalectsofConfucius,bypagenumberwhenitistheirannotationsandbybookandaphorismnumberwhenitcomesfromthetextproper.2AsummaryofhowtobesttranslatethesedifficulttechnicaltermscomesinthefrontmattertoAmesandRosemont(1998).125

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Title	The Analects of Boettke
Authors/Creators:	Adam Martin, New York University
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	125 - 141
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Education, Aphorisms, Rhetoric, Academia, Economic theory, Austrian economics, Pedagogy, Boettke

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Martin, Adam / 2010. "The Analects of Boettke." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 125-141.