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Page lvii
... expediency . This involved a succession of further changes . The state of nature is retained in name ; but , from a state of war , it becomes a state merely of weakness ; a state in which , for lack of union , men are without the power ...
... expediency . This involved a succession of further changes . The state of nature is retained in name ; but , from a state of war , it becomes a state merely of weakness ; a state in which , for lack of union , men are without the power ...
Page lxviii
... expediency , which either lent fresh force to it , or con- flicted with it and thwarted it . The two distinguishing marks of that Constitution are its rejection of universal suffrage and the seeds of discord which it sowed between the ...
... expediency , which either lent fresh force to it , or con- flicted with it and thwarted it . The two distinguishing marks of that Constitution are its rejection of universal suffrage and the seeds of discord which it sowed between the ...
Page 125
... expediency , in one consistent whole . ( See Introduction , pp . xxxiv- xxxvii . ) P. 3 1. 14. membre du souverain , i.e. the Conseil général , the sovereign body of the Republic of Geneva . Rousseau took part in one meeting of the ...
... expediency , in one consistent whole . ( See Introduction , pp . xxxiv- xxxvii . ) P. 3 1. 14. membre du souverain , i.e. the Conseil général , the sovereign body of the Republic of Geneva . Rousseau took part in one meeting of the ...
Page 135
... expediency : because the whole body of citizens is incapable of exercising such functions efficiently , and because , if they are entrusted with such powers , the purity of 6 the general will must infallibly be corrupted . In practice ...
... expediency : because the whole body of citizens is incapable of exercising such functions efficiently , and because , if they are entrusted with such powers , the purity of 6 the general will must infallibly be corrupted . In practice ...
Page 139
... expediency . ( See note to Chap . iii . , p . 136. ) P. 33 l . 444. mais le jugement . Draft , this sentence appears in the form , which seems to indicate a still deeper suspicion of the ' people , ' ' il n'est jamais question de la ...
... expediency . ( See note to Chap . iii . , p . 136. ) P. 33 l . 444. mais le jugement . Draft , this sentence appears in the form , which seems to indicate a still deeper suspicion of the ' people , ' ' il n'est jamais question de la ...
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