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Taleb, Nassim.

The bed of Procrustes: philosophical and practical aphorisms / by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

p. cm.

ISBN 9781400069972

Ebook ISBN 9780679643685

1. Aphorisms and apothegms. 2. Human behavior—Quotations, maxims, etc. I. Title.

PN6271.T35 2011

818’.602—dc22

2010036866

Ebook ISBN 9780679643685

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