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Single Idea 23200
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites
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Full Idea
The foundation of all aristocracies …is to resemble the ancestors as much as possible, which serves as the controlling morality: mourning at the thought of change and variation.
Gist of Idea
The controlling morality of aristocracy is the desire to resemble their ancestors
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 35[22])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.87
A Reaction
This makes sense of the permanent residence of the family, full of portraits and family trees. Aristocrats preserve records of their predecessors, in a way that most of us don't, going back before grandparents.
The
23 ideas
with the same theme
[rule of a small group, by talent, birth or wealth]:
7361
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Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely
[Kongzi (Confucius)]
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2132
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Only rule by philosophers of integrity can keep a community healthy
[Plato]
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2149
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Reluctant rulers make a better and more unified administration
[Plato]
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22542
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People who buy public office will probably expect to profit from it
[Aristotle]
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2819
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The only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom
[Aristotle]
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22552
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The rich can claim to rule, because of land ownership, and being more trustworthy
[Aristotle]
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22583
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The guardians should not be harsh to strangers, as no one should behave like that
[Aristotle]
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19970
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If the nobility is numerous, the senate is the artistocracy, and the nobles are a democracy
[Montesquieu]
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19971
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Aristocracy is democratic if they resemble the people, but not if they resemble the monarch
[Montesquieu]
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19984
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Great inequality between aristocrats and the rest is bad - and also among aristocrats themselves
[Montesquieu]
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21092
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Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole
[Hume]
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19829
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Natural aristocracy is primitive, and hereditary is dreadful, but elective aristocracy is best
[Rousseau]
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7249
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Natural aristocracy is primitive, hereditary is bad, and elective aristocracy is the best
[Rousseau]
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19830
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Large states need a nobility to fill the gap between a single prince and the people
[Rousseau]
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21086
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Hereditary nobility has not been earned, and probably won't be earned
[Kant]
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22669
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Aristocracy is constituted by inherited landed property
[Tocqueville]
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20139
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Only aristocratic societies can elevate the human species
[Nietzsche]
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20373
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A healthy aristocracy has no qualms about using multitudes of men as instruments
[Nietzsche]
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23200
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The controlling morality of aristocracy is the desire to resemble their ancestors
[Nietzsche]
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20089
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Technocrats may be efficient, but they lose legitimacy as soon as they do unpopular things
[Reybrouck]
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20088
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Technocrats are expert managers, who replace politicians, and can be long-term and unpopular
[Reybrouck]
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20597
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If winning elections depends on wealth, we have plutocracy instead of democracy
[Tuckness/Wolf]
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12405
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'If you're aristocratic,' said Nietzsche...
[Sommers,W]
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