From Abraham Rotstein (30 April 1956)
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Dear Professor Polanyi,
Thank you for your letter of April 10th. Your remarks on the Stalin purge were magnificent and struck a responsive chord in my own mind. I too think that the event has enormous moral import - it is a return to the bible of the Revolution which being pounded hard at the population for forty years … […]
The new title of your book "Trade and Market in Early Societies" reminds me in a way of the movies of the little old lady who hauls … […]
While on the subject of your Aristotle paper I have been wondering whether some substantive treatment could be given … […]
I enclose with this letter the following:
1.) A copy of your article on the Essence of Fascism, … […]
2.) A copy of the verbatim notes I took on my last weekend, somewhat in disarray and a bit obscure in several spots. […]