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Page 236
... interest . In order , then , to work up the case for constitutionalism and parlia- mentariasm , he reasoned as follows : If men's actions are determined by selfish interests , then the only rulers who govern in the interests of the ...
... interest . In order , then , to work up the case for constitutionalism and parlia- mentariasm , he reasoned as follows : If men's actions are determined by selfish interests , then the only rulers who govern in the interests of the ...
Page 371
... interest ; the former takes private interest into account , and is no more than a sum of particular wills . But deduct from the sum of particular wills the plusses and minuses that cancel one an- other , and the general will remains ...
... interest ; the former takes private interest into account , and is no more than a sum of particular wills . But deduct from the sum of particular wills the plusses and minuses that cancel one an- other , and the general will remains ...
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... interest even in the re- motest epoch to which our species is destined , provided we can anticipate it with certainty . So much less can we be indifferent to it , inasmuch as it appears within our power by intellectual arrangements to ...
... interest even in the re- motest epoch to which our species is destined , provided we can anticipate it with certainty . So much less can we be indifferent to it , inasmuch as it appears within our power by intellectual arrangements to ...
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
A Metaphysical Problem | 90 |
An Epistemological Problem | 169 |
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