Alfonso Abril

The Spirit of the Age: Essays on freedom, political theory, and history Alfonso Abril

In the book The Spirit of the Age, Alfonso Abril deals with a rich diversity of economic, philosophical, historical, legal, moral, political and social topics where he shows the intellectual interest in freedom, justice, the incompatibility of freedom and equality and the form of government of the State.
Alfonso Abril supports the powerful legal-philosophical conception that freedom is a right of the human being inherent in his own nature. It is, therefore, a right prior to any legislative act of the State; and the legislator does not have the power to grant it but can only, modestly, recognize it. Freedom makes it possible for each human being to manifest his inevitable individuality, and then a just inequality and a wonderful diversity of human beings arises, conducive to the general progress of humanity.
It highlights the lucid and devastating attack that Alfonso Abril undertakes against, in general, the theory of the social contract, and in particular, against Rousseau's theory of the general will,
Reading Alfonso Abril's book is similar to taking a rewarding intellectual walk.