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0 - Ralf Dahrendorf

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1 - Adam Smith

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2 - John Stuart & Harriet Taylor Mill

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6 - Wilhelm von Humboldt

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7 - Frédéric Bastiat

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12 - Amartya Sen

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16 - Hannah Arendt

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17 - Ayn Rand

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18 - James M. Buchanan

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20 - Isaiah Berlin & Judith N. Shklar

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