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Single Idea 20273
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution
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Full Idea
The 'Great Revolution' [in France] was nothing more than a pathetic and bloody quackery, which understood how, through sudden crises, to supply a trusting Europe with the sudden hope of recovery.
Gist of Idea
The French Revolution gave trusting Europe the false delusion of instant recovery
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 534)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.259
A Reaction
Whenever a new leader comes into power there is the same honeymoon period, where dreams of salvation have a moment in the sun.
The
19 ideas
with the same theme
[overthrow of the government by citizens]:
19931
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Every state is more frightened of its own citizens than of external enemies
[Spinoza]
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19902
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Any obstruction to the operation of the legislature can be removed forcibly by the people
[Locke]
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19908
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Rebelling against an illegitimate power is no sin
[Locke]
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19911
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If legislators confiscate property, or enslave people, they are no longer owed obedience
[Locke]
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19747
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Revolutionaries usually confuse liberty with total freedom, and end up with heavier chains
[Rousseau]
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19837
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If inhabitants are widely dispersed, organising a revolt is much more difficult
[Rousseau]
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19843
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The state is not bound to leave civil authority to its leaders
[Rousseau]
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21756
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All revolutions result from spirit changing its categories, to achieve a deeper understanding
[Hegel]
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22971
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In moving from capitalism to communism a revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is needed
[Marx]
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21991
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The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity
[Marx, by Singer]
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21990
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Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is
[Marx]
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20273
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The French Revolution gave trusting Europe the false delusion of instant recovery
[Nietzsche]
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24203
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Atheistic materialism must be revolutionary, because its good is in the future
[Weil]
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23867
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After a bloody revolution the group which already had the power comes to the fore
[Weil]
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23856
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Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression
[Weil]
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21997
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In Marxism the state will be superseded
[Singer]
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20288
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You can't condemn violent revolution without assessing the evils it prevents
[Singer]
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22258
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Passion for progress is always short-lived
[Sandel]
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23125
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Most good social changes are incremental, rather than revolutionary
[Gopnik]
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