This is my final entry for The Law by Frederick Bastait. As I said last time, I have really enjoyed this book. It was a very quick read, and really made me think. Is there anything more one could ask from a book? There are two points I want to focus on this week from the reading. Law and Charity are not the same. “The | Read More »
This week’s reading in Frederick Bastiat’s The Law, can be divided into two parts: what do socialists believe, and what is liberty? I think Mr. Bastiat does a good job of explaining both. What Do Socialists Believe? Citing a number of contemporary author’s, Mr. Bastiat explains the socialist view in their own words. He cites Bossuet, Fenelon, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Raynal. Each of them discuss | Read More »
This is my first entry for the new Red State Booknotes version 3.0. It’s hard to pick a point in the first twenty pages of The Law to discuss for this post. I am so amazed at this book that I would like to just reprint the twenty pages and be done with it. However, if I must pick, there is one point towards the | Read More »
I would like to re-re-start the book notes project. I really enjoyed it both times we’ve tried to do it. I also found that I really learned a lot from the books. This isn’t sanctioned by Erick (that I know of), but I am going forward with it. Erick had originally wanted to do Frederic Bastait’s The Law. I humbly suggest we read it and | Read More »
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