16 Nov
2009
16 Nov
'09
1:07 p.m.
Vaughan Pratt wrote:
Eduardo J. Dubuc wrote: [regarding Manin]
He does not place himself within any philosophical or political frame. He feels free to say what it crosses his mind just as it comes. beautiful !
Right, but clearly we cannot extend the same freedom to the hoi polloi, who cannot be trusted not to abuse it.
Vaughan Pratt
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