He was a bright guy. In later life he backtracked on a lot of his libertarian philosophy. I remember reading that he was still living in his New York City rent controlled apartment! Talk about not walking the walk.

I was already an ancap, but I hadn't read a ton of the literature, yet. Because of that, there were a few places where I spotted holes in his arguments, but I loved the style of analysis. 

My wife bought it for me as a birthday present, because she knew I was getting really into libertarian thought and she's really into philosophy.

Undisciplined

Me too. I discovered it in a bookstore in 1989 and it changed my life.

siggy47

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia is one of my favorite books. I can't recommend it highly enough.