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title: ""Nozick was one of the smartest and quickest thinkers, and I feel…"
date: 2017-11-26
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# "Nozick was one of the smartest and quickest thinkers, and I feel…

*November 26, 2017 · Facebook*

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[http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=HVD&search_scope=default_scope&docId=HVD_ALEPH009785781&fn=permalink](http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=HVD&search_scope=default_scope&docId=HVD_ALEPH009785781&fn=permalink){target="_blank"}
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\"Nozick was one of the smartest and quickest thinkers, and I feel sorry for those who never had the chance of experiencing him in person. Recently I received this email from Michael P. Gibson:\
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Robert Nozick is one of my intellectual heroes and I have wondered why there aren't any recordings out there of his lectures. Well, after some probing around, I've discovered there are!\
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[http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=HVD&search_scope=default_scope&docId=HVD_ALEPH009785781&fn=permalink](http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=HVD&search_scope=default_scope&docId=HVD_ALEPH009785781&fn=permalink){target="_blank"}\
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Alas, they are 17 audiocassettes at Hollis at Harvard. Do you think it's worth a bleg on MR to see if some enterprising Harvard student out there might digitize them and make them accessible to the public?\
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Anyone? Do you know of any other recordings of his lectures? It's a shame he was never on Firing Line.\"
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