Single Idea 14838

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State]

Full Idea

The state is a clever institution for protecting individuals from one another.

Gist of Idea

The state aims to protect individuals from one another

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 235)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.145


A Reaction

This is Nietzsche allying with Hobbes, and presumably aiming this remark at Hegel.