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'Defending the Axioms', 'Democracy in America (abr Renshaw)' and 'Nicomachean Ethics'
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness
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Society collapses if people cannot rely on exchanging good for good and evil for evil [Aristotle]
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Even more than a social being, man is a pairing and family being [Aristotle]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / b. The natural life
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Man is by nature a social being [Aristotle]
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Wherever there is a small community, the association of the people is natural [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people
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The people are just individuals, and only present themselves as united to foreigners [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 2. Population / b. State population
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Vast empires are bad for well-being and freedom, though they may promote glory [Tocqueville]
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People would be much happier and freer in small nations [Tocqueville]
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