[scottlocklin]

I dunno, Aristotle seems kind of important. Or if you must have someone more recent, Alasdair MacIntyre.

I confess I didn't get much out of my forays into Girard. It seems to mostly be amateur primatology. It's entirely possible I didn't try hard enough, or whatever Thiel got out of it, he got out of it in person rather than from the books. It's also possible Girard is overrated by Thiel fanboy types.