Economics
Translated by Edgar Carew Marchant
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I once heard him discuss the subject of estate management in the following manner.
Tell me, Critobulus, is estate management the name of a branch of knowledge, like medicine, smithing and carpentry?
I think so, replied Critobulus.
And can we say what the function of estate management is, just as we can say what is the function of each of these arts?
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