L'uomo contro lo Stato

Only pedophiles, alas, are more hated than the so-called "social darwinists" - whose granddaddy Herbert Spencer (who coined the term "survival of the fittest") is. This is rather unfair, and sad. Spencer was a great intellectual and an important thinker. He was, contrary to the cold and selfish imag Leggi tutto

Introduction by Donald MacRae Palo Alto, California, 1968 The Man versus the State containing Contents The New Toryism The Coming Slavery The Sins of Legislators The Great Political Superstition Postscript The Essays: The Social Organism first published 1860 Representative Government - What Is It Good For? first Leggi tutto

Solid 4. Each essay in this is a winner. However, I fear that reading them might be nyquil in book format, and listening to some of them on audio was a good idea. He draws from a huge wealth of knowledge ranging from biology, to sociology/anthropology of various native cultures, british legislative h Leggi tutto

Though this collection encompasses essays from 150 to 130 years ago concerning the consequences of State interference in society, the parallels in the loss of liberty for the individual and the growth of the over-weaning State in 19th century England are eerily similar to what has happened to us in

This is a collection of Spencer’s essays. It is about his biological philosophy that he applies to various 19th century English governance problems. “Biological philosophy?” It’s an interesting juxtaposition. Biology is factual; it is about “what is.” It describes the way that life, including human l Leggi tutto

Prophetic

No me acabó de convencer su pensamiento, centrado en el liberalismo. Se hace un poco complejo de leer, pero, sobre todo, lo que más me molesta es que parece que el autor ve que todo el mundo es una lacra para la sociedad y que el que no curra duro, no merece ningún tipo de sustento. El escritor tien Leggi tutto

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