Editing Tragedy of the commons (section)

===Classical===
The concept of unrestricted-access resources becoming spent, where personal use does not incur personal expense, was discussed by the philosopher [[Aristotle]],<ref name="garretthardinsociety.org">{{Cite web |title=An Ecolate View of the Human Predicament by Garrett Hardin |publisher=The Garrett Hardin Society |url=https://www.garretthardinsociety.org/articles/art_ecolate_view_human_predicament.html |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=Garrett Hardin Society}}</ref> who observed in his ''[[Politics (Aristotle)|Politics]]'' that{{quote|"That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Every one thinks chiefly of his own, hardly at all of the common interest; and only when he is himself concerned as an individual."<ref name="classics.mit.edu">{{Cite web |title=Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 Ch 3 |publisher=MIT |url=https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.2.two.html|access-date=13 April 2025 |website=Internet Classics Archive}}</ref>}}