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The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society, and Freedom

Herbert Spencer

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Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory cooperation—the statist principle—for the individualist principle of voluntary cooperation. His theme is that “there is in society . . . that beautiful self-adjusting principle which will keep all its elements in equilibrium. . . . The attempt to regulate all the actions of a community by legislation will entail little else but misery and compulsion.”

Herbert Spencer joined the staff of the London and Birmingham Railway as an engineer in 1837 and in 1848 took a position as editor of The Economist.

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Language: English

Pages: 550

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.

Release: June 30, 1982

ISBN: 0913966983

ISBN 13: 9780913966983

The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society, and Freedom

Herbert Spencer

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory cooperation—the statist principle—for the individualist principle of voluntary cooperation. His theme is that “there is in society . . . that beautiful self-adjusting principle which will keep all its elements in equilibrium. . . . The attempt to regulate all the actions of a community by legislation will entail little else but misery and compulsion.”

Herbert Spencer joined the staff of the London and Birmingham Railway as an engineer in 1837 and in 1848 took a position as editor of The Economist.

Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.

Language: English

Pages: 550

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.

Release: June 30, 1982

ISBN: 0913966983

ISBN 13: 9780913966983

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