David Ricardo vs. Samuel Johnson
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
David Ricardo
1772 – 1823
Politics
Kingdom of Great Britain
David Ricardo was a British economist and politician. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James Mill.
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"Sufficiently rich to satisfy all my desires and the reasonable desires of all those about me."
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Samuel Johnson
1709 – 1784
Literature
Kingdom of Great Britain
Samuel Johnson, often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
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"Declamation roared, while Passion slept."
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Connections
Samuel Johnson was influenced by David Ricardo
Shared era: 1772 – 1784
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