Collected Works Vol. IV: The Fable of the Bees
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9783487070384 (3487070383)
Publish date: December 28th 1980
Publisher: Georg Olms Publishers
Pages no: 456
Edition language: English
A workmanlike poem followed by a very interesting political essay about "virtue" and "vice", and what those words really mean, and how essential they are for a prosperous society. In my reading of it, there are two main premises, both of which must have been controversial at the time. The first is t...