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Robert Skidelsky - In ethics Keynes was a Platonist,...
In ethics Keynes was a Platonist, in politics he was an Aristotelian. His ethics pointed him towards the ideal; his politics towards moderation. (Robert Skidelsky)

In ethics Keynes was a Platonist, in politics he was an Aristotelian. His ethics pointed him towards the ideal; his politics towards moderation.

Robert Skidelsky

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