The Law by Frédéric Bastiat

Author:Frédéric Bastiat [BASTIAT, FRÉDÉRIC]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781933550145
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Published: 2011-07-06T07:00:00+00:00

Fénelon’s idyll on Crete is still more fascinating. Mentor is made to say:

All that you will see in this wonderful island is the result of the laws of Minos. The education that the children receive renders the body healthy and robust. They are accustomed, from the first, to a frugal and laborious life; it is supposed that all the pleasures of sense enervate the body and the mind; no other pleasure is presented to them but that of being invincible by virtue, that of acquiring much glory . . . there they punish three vices that go unpunished amongst other people—ingratitude, dissimulation, and avarice. As to pomp and dissipation, there is no need to punish these, for they are unknown in Crete. . . . No costly furniture, no magnificent clothing, no delicious feasts, no gilded palaces are allowed.

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