Liberty and Property.pdf - The Ludwig von Mises Institute

Part V . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33“Romantic philosophy labored under theillusion that in the early ages of history theindividual was free and that the course ofhistorical evolution deprived him of hisprimordial liberty.”Part VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45“However, one does not exhaustively describethe sweeping changes that capitalismbrought about in the conditions of thecommon man if one merely deals with thesupremacy he enjoys on the market as aconsumer.”Part VII . . . . . . . . . . . . 48“The distinctive principle of Western socialphilosophy is individualism. It aims at thecreation of a sphere in which the individualis free to think, to choose, and to act withoutbeing restrained by the interference of thesocial apparatus of coercion and oppression,the State.”