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Single Idea 20273

[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution ]

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 18 ideas with the same theme [overthrow of the government by citizens]:

19931 Every state is more frightened of its own citizens than of external enemies [Spinoza]
19902 Any obstruction to the operation of the legislature can be removed forcibly by the people [Locke]
19908 Rebelling against an illegitimate power is no sin [Locke]
19911 If legislators confiscate property, or enslave people, they are no longer owed obedience [Locke]
19747 Revolutionaries usually confuse liberty with total freedom, and end up with heavier chains [Rousseau]
19837 If inhabitants are widely dispersed, organising a revolt is much more difficult [Rousseau]
19843 The state is not bound to leave civil authority to its leaders [Rousseau]
21756 All revolutions result from spirit changing its categories, to achieve a deeper understanding [Hegel]
22971 In moving from capitalism to communism a revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is needed [Marx]
21991 The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity [Marx, by Singer]
21990 Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is [Marx]
20273 The French Revolution gave trusting Europe the false delusion of instant recovery [Nietzsche]
23867 After a bloody revolution the group which already had the power comes to the fore [Weil]
23856 Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil]
21997 In Marxism the state will be superseded [Singer]
20288 You can't condemn violent revolution without assessing the evils it prevents [Singer]
22258 Passion for progress is always short-lived [Sandel]
23125 Most good social changes are incremental, rather than revolutionary [Gopnik]