Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Of Civil Liberty', 'Of the Origin of Government' and 'The Therapy of Desire'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

3 ideas

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

21836

Philosophers after Aristotle endorsed the medical analogy for eudaimonia [Nussbaum, by Flanagan]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

21096

The only purpose of government is to administer justice, which brings security [Hume]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy

21097

Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume]