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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness
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If people are obedient to reason, they will live in harmony [Spinoza]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / b. The natural life
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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 ideal for human preservation is unanimity among people [Spinoza]
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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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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / a. Natural freedom
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Only self-knowledge can liberate us [Spinoza, by MacIntyre]
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights
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Spinoza extended Hobbes's natural rights to cover all possible desires and actions [Spinoza, by Tuck]
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions
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In American judges rule according to the Constitution, not the law [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy
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A monarchical family is always deeply concerned with the interests of the state [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / c. Despotism
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Despots like to see their own regulations ignored, by themselves and their agents [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites
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Aristocracy is constituted by inherited landed property [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / a. Centralisation
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In Europe it is thought that local government is best handled centrally [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / b. Consultation
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An election, and its lead up time, are always a national crisis [Tocqueville]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy
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Universal suffrage is no guarantee of wise choices [Tocqueville]
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