Combining Philosophers
Ideas for David S. Oderberg, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Katherine Hawley
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23 ideas
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness
19756
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Humans are less distinguished from other animals by understanding, than by being free agents [Rousseau]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / b. The natural life
19755
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Most human ills are self-inflicted; the simple, solitary, regular natural life is good [Rousseau]
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19762
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Is language a pre-requisite for society, or might it emerge afterwards? [Rousseau]
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19763
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I doubt whether a savage person ever complains of life, or considers suicide [Rousseau]
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19778
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Leisure led to envy, inequality, vice and revenge, which we now see in savages [Rousseau]
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19779
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Primitive man was very gentle [Rousseau]
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19751
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Our two starting principles are concern for self-interest, and compassion for others [Rousseau]
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19791
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Natural mankind is too fragmented for states of peace, or of war and enmity [Rousseau]
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19765
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Savages avoid evil because they are calm, and never think of it (not because they know goodness) [Rousseau]
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19771
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Savage men quietly pursue desires, without the havoc of modern frenzied imagination [Rousseau]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people
20501
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Rousseau assumes that laws need a people united by custom and tradition [Rousseau, by Wolff,J]
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7237
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The act of becoming 'a people' is the real foundation of society [Rousseau]
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19792
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To overcome obstacles, people must unite their forces into a single unified power [Rousseau]
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19812
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Human nature changes among a people, into a moral and partial existence [Rousseau]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 2. Population / b. State population
19814
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A state must be big enough to preserve itself, but small enough to be governable [Rousseau]
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19815
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Too much land is a struggle, producing defensive war; too little makes dependence, and offensive war [Rousseau]
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19822
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If the state enlarges, the creators of the general will become less individually powerful [Rousseau]
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19823
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If the population is larger, the government needs to be more powerful [Rousseau]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / a. Natural freedom
19774
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A savage can steal fruit or a home, but there is no means of achieving obedience [Rousseau]
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7232
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Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains [Rousseau]
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7234
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No man has any natural authority over his fellows [Rousseau]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / b. Natural equality
19772
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In a state of nature people are much more equal; it is society which increases inequalities [Rousseau]
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19789
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It is against nature for children to rule old men, fools to rule the wise, and the rich to hog resources [Rousseau]
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