The man versus the state : with six essays on government, society, and freedom
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The man versus the state : with six essays on government, society, and freedom
Liberty Classics, [1981]
- : est
- : pbk
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Includes index
Contents of Works
- The man versus the state (1884)
- The proper sphere of government (1843)
- Over-legislation (1853)
- Representative government
- What is itgood for? (1857)
- The social organism (1860)
- Specialized administration (1871)
- From freedomto bondage (1891)
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: est ISBN 9780913966976
Description
This volume contains the four essays that Spencer published as The Man Versus the State in 1884 as well as five essays added by later publishers. In addition, it provides "The Proper Sphere of Government", an important early essay by Spencer. Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory co-operation -- the statist principle -- for the individualist principle of voluntary co-operation. 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".
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: pbk ISBN 9780913966983
Description
This volume contains the four essays that Spencer published as The Man Versus the State in 1884 as well as five essays added by later publishers. In addition, it provides "The Proper Sphere of Government", an important early essay by Spencer. Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory co-operation -- the statist principle -- for the individualist principle of voluntary co-operation. 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".
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