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State and Associations. Society, as said before, is not a mere aggregate of individuals but a collection of groups composed of individuals. The man voluntarily fans these groups to satisfy various and diversified needs, such as social, religious, cultural, economic, educational, recreational, and many others. All these groups express and develop the sociability of man. … Read more
Nature of State and Society. We must also clearly distinguish between the State and Society because identifying the social with the political is to be guilty of all confusions’ grossest, which completely bars any understanding of either society or State. To equate the State with society is to justify State interference in all aspects of … Read more
Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws. In retrospect, we had identified three different ways of life in France before the revolution: that of the orders of the feudal monarchy, that of the absolute king and his servants, the bureaucrats and their equal subjects, and that of those corners of society which supported the new thought … Read more
Two Treatises of Government Author by John Locke. “Father of Liberalism” was born on 29 August 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England. Died 28 October 1704 England. He is an English thinker and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment philosophers. Two Treatises of Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously … Read more
Democracy in America Paperback – April 1, 2002, by Alexis de Tocqueville (Author), Harvey C. Mansfield (Translator), Delba Winthrop Translator. In 1831, the then twenty-seven-year-old Alexis de Tocqueville was sent with Gustave de Beaumont to America by the French Government to study and report on the American prison system. Over a period of nine months, … Read more
Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil Author by Thomas Hobbes THOMAS HOBBES. Born, April 5th, 1588 Died, Dec. 4th, 1679 He is buried in the chancel of Hault Hucknall church, Chesterfield. The Contents of the Chapters. The first part Of MAN. Introduction. 1. Of Sense. 2. Of Imagination. … Read more
The Prince author by Niccolo Machiavelli. As a young Florentine envoy to France and the Italian principalities courts, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) observed firsthand the lives of people strongly united under one powerful ruler. His fascination with that political rarity and his intense desire to see the Medici family assume a similar role in Italy provided … Read more
A Theory of Justice: Original Edition (Oxford Paperbacks 301 301) reissue Edition Author by John Rawls Series: Oxford Paperbacks 301 301 Paperback: 624 pages Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; reissue edition (March 31, 2005) Language: English Content Part One. Theory CHAPTER I JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS 1. The Role of Justice The … Read more
Aristotle’s Politics book is a classic work of political thought to understate this remarkable document’s achievement and significance considerably. The Politics is a product of that singular moment in the West’s history when traditional modes of thinking in every area were being uprooted by the new mode of thinking that had made its appearance in … Read more
John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty is one of the few indisputably classic texts in political thought history. Its interpretation has, like that of most works which posterity promotes to classic status, been the subject of sustained debate and often fierce controversy since its first publication in 1859, but whatever the nature of the disagreements. Has … Read more