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... conditions which , in Rousseau's view , the ends of the Contract thus inexorably impose ? They may be summed up in one phrase : ' the absolute surrender of the individual , with all his rights and all his powers , to the community as a ...
... conditions which , in Rousseau's view , the ends of the Contract thus inexorably impose ? They may be summed up in one phrase : ' the absolute surrender of the individual , with all his rights and all his powers , to the community as a ...
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... condition , he had given no sign , no promise , whatever . Such a view would , in itself , be wholly irrational . It is , moreover , directly contrary to the doctrine which , as we have seen , Rousseau consistently enforces , and which ...
... condition , he had given no sign , no promise , whatever . Such a view would , in itself , be wholly irrational . It is , moreover , directly contrary to the doctrine which , as we have seen , Rousseau consistently enforces , and which ...
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... conditions essential for growth , for the formation of a specific code of right and wrong , however rudimentary , are to be found only in that ordered development of society which we call the State . In this belief there is nothing ...
... conditions essential for growth , for the formation of a specific code of right and wrong , however rudimentary , are to be found only in that ordered development of society which we call the State . In this belief there is nothing ...
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... condition without which liberty would be only another name for bondage to his most selfish and most destructive passions . And , entering as it does into the very tissue of his moral being , it has the right to control his acts and to ...
... condition without which liberty would be only another name for bondage to his most selfish and most destructive passions . And , entering as it does into the very tissue of his moral being , it has the right to control his acts and to ...
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... conditions imposed from without ; or , what is still more significant , to the influence of national character and ... condition , the sovereignty of the people , is maintained - as it is of necessity in a democracy and as it may be in a ...
... conditions imposed from without ; or , what is still more significant , to the influence of national character and ... condition , the sovereignty of the people , is maintained - as it is of necessity in a democracy and as it may be in a ...
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Page 13 - Trouver une forme d'association qui défende et protège de toute la force commune la personne et les biens de chaque associé, et par laquelle chacun, s'unissant à tous, n'obéisse pourtant qu'à lui-même, et reste aussi libre qu'auparavant!
Page 33 - Comment une multitude aveugle qui souvent ne sait ce qu'elle veut, parce qu'elle sait rarement ce qui lui est bon...
Page 122 - Que si quelqu'un, après avoir reconnu publiquement ces mêmes dogmes, se conduit comme ne les croyant pas, qu'il soit puni de mort ; il a commis le plus grand des crimes : il a menti devant les lois.
Page 31 - Ce qui est bien et conforme à l'ordre est tel par la nature des choses et indépendamment des conventions humaines. Toute justice vient de Dieu , lui seul en est la source ; mais si nous savions la recevoir de si haut , nous n'aurions besoin ni de gouvernement ni de lois.
Page lvii - This is to think that men are so foolish that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by polecats or foxes, but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.
Page 34 - Celui qui ose entreprendre d'instituer un peuple doit se sentir en état de changer pour ainsi dire la nature humaine , de transformer chaque individu, qui par lui-même est un tout parfait et solitaire , en partie d'un plus grand tout dont cet individu reçoive en quelque sorte sa vie et son être...
Page 34 - Il faut, en un mot, qu'il ôte à l'homme ses forces propres pour lui en donner qui lui soient étrangères, et dont il ne puisse faire usage sans le secours d'autrui. Plus ces forces naturelles sont mortes et anéanties, plus les acquises sont grandes et durables, plus aussi l'institution est solide et parfaite...
Page 14 - Chacun de nous met en commun sa personne et toute sa puissance sous la suprême direction de la volonté générale; et nous recevons en corps chaque membre comme partie indivisible du tout.
Page 35 - Cet emploi , qui constitue la république , n'entre point dans sa constitution ; c'est une fonction particulière et supérieure qui n'a rien de commun avec l'empire humain ; car si celui qui commande aux hommes ne doit pas commander aux lois, celui qui commande aux lois ne doit pas non plus commander aux hommes...
Page 26 - Les engagements qui nous lient au corps social ne sont obligatoires que parce qu'ils sont mutuels; et leur nature est telle qu'en les remplissant on ne peut travailler pour autrui sans travailler aussi pour soi.