“Ever since Comte first set the agenda of social science, his megalomania lingers on in sociology, political science, and other disciplines.”

—  Thomas Flanagan (political scientist)

Source: Game Theory and Canadian Politics (1998), Chapter 1, Rational Choice, p. 19.

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