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'The Social Contract (tr Cress)', 'Moral Philosophy meets social psychology' and 'Posthumous notes'
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / b. The natural life
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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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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people
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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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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
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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
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Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains [Rousseau]
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No man has any natural authority over his fellows [Rousseau]
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