The Riddle of the Modern World
Subtitle: Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780312232047
Subjects: Political; Philosophy / Political; Social Science / General; General; Modern - 20th Century; Economic Theory; Modern State; History; Equality; Liberty; Montesquieu, Charles de Second; Wealth; baron de,; History: World; Philosophy
First sentence: In these famous lines written in 1732 Alexander Pope attempted to summarize the quintessential nature of human beings and their predicament.