'The Parlement of Foules': Aristotle's 'Politics' and the Foundations of Human Society
- Author / Editor
- Olson, Paul A.
'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.