'The Parlement of Foules': Aristotle's 'Politics' and the Foundations of Human Society

Author / Editor
Olson, Paul A.

Title
'The Parlement of Foules': Aristotle's 'Politics' and the Foundations of Human Society

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 2 (1980): 53-69.

Description
The discussion of love between men and women is the vehicle for discussing the nature of society and social love. The parliament itself--a talking together--represents the means provided to fallen man for discovering how to achieve the common profit, natural law's equivalent to charity.

Chaucer Subjects
Parliament of Fowls.