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POLS 373 Foundations of Comparative Politics Week One, Lecture One/ Session Two Introduction to the Comparative Method October 3, 2006 The Basics of ComparingThe First Lesson “Thinking without comparison is unthinkable. And, in the absence of comparison, so is all scientific thought and scientific research.” The Basics of ComparingThe First Lesson To say that “thinking without comparison is unthinkable” is to say that: comparing unavoidable in everyday life, and comparing is the foundation of understanding The Basics of ComparingThe First Lesson To say that comparison is avoidable and th