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Page vii
... practical application . In order to carry out this purpose more completely , I have added two short studies : one , on the history of the idea of Contract , as a theory designed to account for the origin both of civil society and of ...
... practical application . In order to carry out this purpose more completely , I have added two short studies : one , on the history of the idea of Contract , as a theory designed to account for the origin both of civil society and of ...
Page xxvii
... practical bearing of the ' corporate self ' and the ' general will , ' in Rousseau's system . They are designed as checks upon the perversions to which the doctrine of ' absolute surrender , ' if taken by itself , almost inevitably ...
... practical bearing of the ' corporate self ' and the ' general will , ' in Rousseau's system . They are designed as checks upon the perversions to which the doctrine of ' absolute surrender , ' if taken by itself , almost inevitably ...
Page xxix
... practical than on the speculative side . In Rousseau's conception , indeed , the two things are inseparable . And if he lingers , with a zeal which has often puzzled his commentators , upon the more speculative issue , that is because ...
... practical than on the speculative side . In Rousseau's conception , indeed , the two things are inseparable . And if he lingers , with a zeal which has often puzzled his commentators , upon the more speculative issue , that is because ...
Page xxx
... practical means can be devised for guarding the purity of the general will , for shutting the door against all individual or sectional interests , his answer is : there are two ways , and two ways only ; but they are both dictated by ...
... practical means can be devised for guarding the purity of the general will , for shutting the door against all individual or sectional interests , his answer is : there are two ways , and two ways only ; but they are both dictated by ...
Page xxxi
... practical scope and application . It must issue from all , to be applied to all . ' It must not only be voted by the whole people ; it must also be directed neither to the profit , nor to the loss , of any one class - still less , of ...
... practical scope and application . It must issue from all , to be applied to all . ' It must not only be voted by the whole people ; it must also be directed neither to the profit , nor to the loss , of any one class - still less , of ...
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