Posts Tagged ‘Neal Stephenson’
April 3rd, 2009 | 
Author: What or WHO is a Saunt ?
This concept is borrowed from Neal Stephenson’s incredible new novel Anathem (this is a MUST READ).
Saunt: (1) In New Orth, a term of veneration applied to great thinkers, almost always posthumously.
— the dictionary, 4th edition, A.R. 3000 (copied/abstracted from Neal Stephenson’s website)
A list of Saunts would include: Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Galileo Galilei, Issac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, Karl Marx (yes, even people I disagree with) Ayn Rand………
Who would you include ???
What great thinker has influenced you the most?
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