... Platonic absolutism was shaken to the core.It was partially salvaged by Eudoxus’ importation from Chaldea of a dialecticalapproach to irrationals that became a mathematical image for judicial, ... into a near-mystical formulation of ideal models. This view of a rational perfectible administration is elaboratedbelow in the discussion of analysis. The Platonic theory of the “Ideas,” clearlyexpounded ... of natural resources. Land Economics, 41, 20 4–8.—— 1969: Aristotle’s mathematical analysis of exchange. History of Political Economy, 1,44–66.—— 197 4a: Aristotle’s “natural limit” and the economics...