The Fable of the Bees: And Other Writings
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780872203754 (0872203751)
Publish date: September 1st 1997
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Pages no: 228
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...