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Full Idea
A national spirit cannot exist apart from the individuals who embody it.
Gist of Idea
National spirit only exists in the individuals who embody it
Source
report of T.H. Green (Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation [1882]) by John H. Muirhead - The Service of the State II
Book Ref
Muirhead,John H.: 'The Service of the State: T.H. Green' [John Murray 2021], p.44
A Reaction
We see this in football supporters. They are thrilled by the glory of a great victory, but the reality is just the thrill of the players, and the exuberance in each supporter's mind. There is no further entity called the 'glory'. Green was a liberal.
| 23273 | In a good state the goal of the citizens and of the whole state are united [Hegel] |
| 23042 | National spirit only exists in the individuals who embody it [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
| 23194 | People feel united as a nation by one language, but then want a common ancestry and history [Nietzsche] |
| 23810 | Charity is the only love, and you can feel that for a country (a place with traditions), but not a nation [Weil] |
| 23828 | National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil] |
| 22816 | Socialists reject nationality as a false source of identity [Miller,D] |
| 21123 | Liberal Nationalism is more communitarian, and Constitutional Patriotism more cosmopolitan [Shorten] |
| 23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |
| 23130 | Popular imperialism gives the poor the belief that their acts have world historical meaning [Gopnik] |
| 23131 | Patriots love their place, but nationalists have a paranoid ethnic hostility [Gopnik] |
| 22592 | Nationalism pretends that we can only have a single identity [Dunt] |