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21905 | Liberal theory starts from the governed, not from the governor [May] |
Full Idea: For liberal theory, it is the individual to be governed, not the governor, who is the starting point. | |
From: Todd May (Gilles Deleuze [2006], 4.02) | |
A reaction: I'm inclined to see this as the single-handed achievement of Thomas Hobbes, who starts from the need of citizens to secure their contracts. Plato's society starts from entrepreneurs, but their need for a ruler seems a priori. |