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1、FRIEDRICHA.HAYEKTHECONSTITUTIONOFLIBERTYCHINASOCIALSCIENCESPUBLISHINGHOUSECHENGCHENGBOOKSLTD.Copyright?1960byTheUniversityofChicagoReprintedfromtheEnglishEditionbyTheUniversityofChicagoPress1978PrefaceTheaimofthisbookisexplainedintheIntroduction,andmychiefobligationsareacknowle
2、dgedinthefewparagraphspreced-ingthenotes.Allthatremainsformetodohereistoissueawarn-ingandtopresentanapology.Thisbookisnotconcernedmainlywithwhatscienceteachesus.ThoughIcouldnothavewrittenitifIhadnotdevotedthegreaterpartofmylifetothestudyofeconomicsandhadnotmorere-centlyendeavor
3、edtoacquaintmyselfwiththeconclusionsofseveralothersocialsciences,Iamnotconcernedhereexclusivelywithfacts,nordoIconfinemyselftostatementsofcauseandeffect.Myaimistopictureanideal,toshowhowitcanbeachieved,andtoexplainwhatitsrealizationwouldmeaninprac-tice.Forthis,scientificdiscuss
4、ionisameans,notanend.IbelieveIhavemadehonestuseofwhatIknowabouttheworldinwhichwelive.Thereaderwillhavetodecidewhetherhewantstoac-ceptthevaluesintheserviceofwhichIhaveusedthatknowledge.TheapologyconcernstheparticularstateatwhichIhavede-cidedtosubmittheresultsofmyeffortstotheread
5、er.Itisper-hapsinevitablethatthemoreambitiousthetask,themorein-adequatewillbetheperformance.Onasubjectascomprehensiveasthatofthisbook,thetaskofmakingitasgoodasoneiscapableofisnevercompletedwhileone'sfacultieslast.NodoubtIshallsoonfindthatIoughttohavesaidthisorthatbetterandthatI
6、havecommittederrorswhichIcouldmyselfhavecorrectedifIhadpersistedlongerinmyefforts.Respectforthereadercertainlydemandsthatonepresentatolerablyfinishedproduct.ButIdoubtwhetherthismeansthatoneoughttowaituntilonecannothopetoimproveitfurther.Atleastwheretheproblemsareofthekindonwhic
7、hmanyothersareactivelyworking,itwouldevenappeartobeanoverestimateofone'sownimportanceifonede-layedpublicationuntilonewascertainthatonecouldnotimproveanything.Ifamanhas,asIhopeIhave,pushedanalysisastepvPrefaceforward,furthereffortsbyhimarelikelytobesubjecttorapidlydecreasingretu
8、rns.Otherswillprobablybebetterqualifiedtolaythenextrow