[This is Albert Jay Nock’s (1870–1945) introduction to Spencer’s forgotten 1884 classic, The Man versus the State .] In 1851 Herbert Spencer published a treatise called Social Statics; or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified. Among other specifications, this work established and made clear the fundamental principle that society
The Majesty of the Law When I was seven years old, playing in front of our house on the outskirts of Brooklyn one morning, a policeman stopped and chatted with me for a few moments. He was a kindly man, of a Scandinavian blonde type with pleasant blue eyes, and I took to him at once. He sealed our acquaintance permanently by telling me a story
[Esta es la introducción de Albert Jay Nock (1870-1945) al clásico olvidado de Spencer de 1884, El hombre versus el Estado ]. En 1851 Herbert Spencer publicó un tratado titulado Social Statics; or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified. Entre otras especificaciones, esta obra establecía y dejaba claro el principio fundamental de
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