Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 01:45:44 -0500
From: "Mark A. Foster" <owner-AT-sociologist.com>
Subject: Re: BHA: self-love



> >>Altruism is reactionary. The word was coined originally by 19th c. liberals. Check it out in the OED. It encapsulates an essentially individualist conception of history, and hence implies neoclassical economics.<<

The term "altruisme" was apparently coined by the positivist, Auguste Comte, who also coined the word "sociology."


Mark A. Foster, Ph.D.
"Sacred cows make the best hamburger" 
-- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman



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