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...estant, because it has had no policy but that of negation; it inherits the theories of Lutherans, Cal- vinists, and Protestants on the terrible words ... ... her justification. The product of liberty of will, religious liberty, and political liberty (not, observe this, to be confounded with civil liberty) ... ...where power has no vigor; where election, the fruit of liberty of will and political liberty, lifts to the surface none but commonplace men; where bru... ... of will, ought not to teach the dogma of liberty of conscience, or demand political liberty. But, as no society can exist without guarantees granted ... ...Duc d’Orleans. The record of Marie dé Medici is heavier still. Neither had political genius. It was in the course of these studies that the writer ac-... ...we may clearly see in it the influence of thought. But before entering the political arena, where Catherine will be seen facing the two great difficul... ...eat and unknown kings, the rulers of this science, I stand for the ancient theories, not the new. I believe in the transforma- tions of matter which I... ...will be destroyed in turn by its material consequences, which will turn to theories in due time. Europe is at the present moment getting the better of... ...inces are still sending us worthy men who take a serious view of political theories and the history of France. It is a leaven which will rise.” “Is yo...

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...s which arose from his sympathy with the great French Revolution. His only political feeling had been hith- erto a sentimental Jacobitism, not more or... ...domontade, but filled with living indignation, to de- clare his right to a political opinion, and his willingness to shed his blood for the political ... ...ate, before it becomes fully operative. Strange excursions and high-flying theories may interest, but they cannot rule behaviour. Our faith is not the... ... and between friends of the same sex, but in the field of the less intense political sympathies; and his ideal man must not only be a generous friend ... ...should prevail.” For his part, he would not “for an instant recognise that political organisation for his government which is the slave’s government a... ... thus did it come twice, though in a subaltern attitude, into the field of political history. NOTE. – For many facts in the above essay, among which I...

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...ing occupies him. Jester and jolly fellow, he keeps on good terms with all political opinions, and is patriotic to the bottom of his soul. A capital m... ...ent piston of the steam-engine called Speculation. “Monsieur,” said a wise political economist, the director- cashier-manager and secretary-general of... ...nd, but only five francs if he got no more than five hundred. The cause of political journalism not interfering with the pre- accepted cause of life i... ... Press is neither a tool nor an article of barter: it is, viewed under its political aspects, an institution. We are bound, in virtue of our position ... ...re bound, in virtue of our position as legislators, to consider all things politically, and therefore” (here he stopped to get breath)—”and there- for... ...it, and will master it some day with a brush, a chisel, with words, ideas, theories, systems. Civilization is atrocious! It denies bread to the men wh... ...t of view: you must take a general survey of humanity. Here we come to the theories of Ballance: do you know his Palingenesis?” “I am fond of them,” s...

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...his teeth, his sudden wooden laugh, the absence of smiles, his exclusively political or politic-economical conversation, his passion for roast beef an... ...-rooms, and in his behaviour was more than ever Anglomaniac, grumbling and political. But the year 1825 came and brought much sorrow. Intimate friends... ...o doze off to the sound of the chatter of the old steward; he, the man of! political ideas, burnt all his schemes, all his correspondence, trembled be... ...repancy between his father’s words and 41 deeds, between his wide liberal theories and his harsh petty despotism; but he had not expected such a comp... ...less self-confidence, and playing with the weightiest ad- ministrative and political questions, as a juggler plays with balls. The expressions: “That’...

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... fate hands her the chance to make her every wish come true. Daniel entices her into a marriage of convenience. Can she save him from the treacherous political legacy of his late wife? Set in 1871, the story sweeps from the tragedy of the Chicago Fire to the streets of New York and finally to the wild, dangerous coast of Ireland. Is Daniel merely using Morgan for his own d...

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...coln’s assassination. Daniel assured her that of all the wild conspiracy theories that popped up in the penny press on a regular basis, he had ne... ... Carew, madam. May I congratulate you on your achievement and trust it was politically motivated and not a personal vendetta.” Backed against the ...

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...ons,* and together with that and a small pamphlet, ?The Discovery of the Future,?** presents a general theory of social development and of social and political conduct. It is an attempt to deal with social and political questions in a new way and from a new starting-point....

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...s in a new way and from a new starting-point, viewing the whole social and political world as aspects of one universal evolving scheme, and placing al... ...ld as aspects of one universal evolving scheme, and placing all social and political activities in a defined relation to that; and to this general met... ...e writer, out- side the complications of practical politics, some man who, politically, “doesn’t matter,” to provide the first tentatives of a politic... ...haps quite a great number of ethical, social, and 6 Mankind in the Making political questions there is no absolute “truth” at all—at least for finite... ...rame a gen- eral theory in accordance with modern conditions of social and political activity. This is one man’s proposal, his attempt to supply a nee... ... department of anthropology the public mind suffers from the imposition of theories and assertions claiming to be “scientific,” which have no more rel... ...ic regulation and con- trol it is wiser not to act at all than to act upon theories and uncertainties; while the State may very well wait for a gen- e... ...f the geological record—in relation to the known laws and the various main theories of the evolutionary process 202 Mankind in the Making will be tak...

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...suggest about the use of airpower in the early twenty-first century? More specifically, Colonel Hinman seeks to determine whether any of the existing theories of coercion can stand alone as a coherent, substantive, and codified approach to airpower employment. Framing his analysis on three key attributes of conflict in the post–Cold War era—limited, nonprotracted war; poli...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . 37 Limited, Nonprotracted War and the Coercion Hybrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 The Coercion Hybrid and the Politically Restrained Nature of Post–Cold War Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 The Coercion Hybrid and the Better State of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 The Esca...

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...gles of the people. They were not new to the people. They were consecrated theories, but no govern- ment had been previously established for the great... ...fort for one who had no special training in government, or in the study of political economy, but he had the example of Lafayette in establishing the ... ...the general equality of conditions.” He referred, doubtless, to social and political conditions among the people of the white race, who are described ... ...ith the rights of citizenship, including the right of suffrage. This was a political party movement, intended to be radical and revolu- tionary, but i... ...it was not intended to include other colored races -creates a new phase of political conditions that M. De Tocqueville could not foresee. Yet, in his ... ...ounty governments, he applauds and sustains that elementary feature of our political organization which, in the end, will render harmless this wide de... ...truct society upon a new basis; and it was there, for the first time, that theories hith- erto unknown, or deemed impracticable, were to exhibit a spe... ...truct society upon a new basis; and it was there, for the first time, that theories hith- erto unknown, or deemed impracticable, were to exhibit a spe... ...esponded in many points with the most absolute demo- cratic and republican theories. It was this tendency which had aroused its most dangerous adversa...

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...nsecrated function, of publishing and diffusing through the land the great political events, and especially the great 12 Memorials, and Other Papers ... ...th social philosophy. At Laxton, indeed; it was that I first saw Godwin’s “Political Justice;” not the second and emas- culated edition in octavo, but... ...broad evidences of the credulity with which we have adopted into our grave political faith the rash and malicious sketches of our novelists. With Fiel... ...gy. And in what way could such a polemic interest be evoked except through political partisanship? But such partisanship connects itself naturally wit... ...n sect a peculiar denomination are also those which record its hon- orable political conflicts; so that his own connection, through his religious brot... ...e facts have been collected from all quarters,—examined, sifted, winnowed. Theories have been raised upon these facts un- der every angle of aspect; a... ...rs 166 Memorials, and Other Papers more vividly exemplified than in their theories upon the Pa- gan Oracles. On behalf of God, they were determined t... ..., indeed, we are all so deeply indebted to English wisdom on matters where theories really are dangerous, that we ought not to wonder or to complain i... ...e is a high presumption that he is in the right. In whatever rough way his theories are tossed about, they seem always, like a cat, to light upon thei...

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...oned ac- cess to places of trust and profit. The magazine writer discussed theories of government; these men the practice. They had been there. They k... ... They knew all about it. They banged their fists on the table and spoke of political “pulls,” the vending of votes, and so forth. Theirs was not the t... ...rvice generally. He has been made a citizen with a vote, consequently both political par- ties play with him. But that is neither here nor there. He w... ...n assembled at feasts of Free Masons, and so forth. It is too tiny to be a political power. The immortal wreck of the Grand Army of the Republic is a ...

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...Political Treatise Part 4 – Chapters XVI to XX Baruch Spinoza A Theologico-Political Treatise Part 4 – Chapters XVI to XX TRANSLATED BY R. H. M. ELWES... ... ELWES A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Theologico-Political Treatise: Part Four – Chapters XVI to XX by Baruch Spinoza, trans... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Theologico-Political Treatise: Part Four – Chapters XVI to XX by Baruch Spinoza, trans... ...ate University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Spinoza A Theologico-Political Treatise Part IV of IV – Chapters XVI to XX by Baruch Spinoza CHA... ...ur to preserve itself as it is, without regard to anything 4 A Theologico-Political Treatise – Part Four but itself ; therefore this sovereign law an... ... judgment, as from the deeds which they involve; for he who maintains such theories abrogates the contract which tacitly, or openly, he made with his ...

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...Contents ON CHRISTIANITY, AS AN ORGAN OF POLITICAL MOVEMENT..................................4 PROTESTANTISM............................................................................................................... 39 ON THE SUPPOSED SCRIPTURAL EXPRESSION FOR E...

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...IANITY Y Y Y Y, AS AN OR , AS AN OR , AS AN OR , AS AN OR , AS AN ORGAN OF POLITICAL MO GAN OF POLITICAL MO GAN OF POLITICAL MO GAN OF POLITICAL MO GA... ...ICAL MO GAN OF POLITICAL MO GAN OF POLITICAL MO GAN OF POLITICAL MO GAN OF POLITICAL MOVEMENT VEMENT VEMENT VEMENT VEMENT................................ ...S AN OR , AS AN OR , AS AN OR , AS AN ORGAN OF GAN OF GAN OF GAN OF GAN OF POLITICAL MO POLITICAL MO POLITICAL MO POLITICAL MO POLITICAL MOVEMENT VEME... ...than the growth of a forest, are the footsteps of Christianity amongst the political workings of man. Nothing, that the heart of man values, is so sec... ... some one or two of its differential elements, could have been an organ of political movement. Most divines who anywhere glance at this question, are ... ...e for what purpose was the religion? This I pronounce error. All the moral theories of antiquity were utterly disjoined from religion. But this fallac... ...losophy, all the primary facts of history become liable continually to new theories, to new combinations, and to new valuations of their moral relatio... ... the local circumstances in each separate case. Now, amongst the political theories of the Bible is this— that pauperism is not an accident in the con...

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...lf. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the ?philosophy of human affairs;? but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author?s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge or truth. The t...

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... calls in one place the “philosophy of human affairs;” but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their ... ... and the Politics with a second, both fall- ing within the wide compass of Political Science. Each of these groups falls into sub-groups which roughly... ...ther. The distinction is not that the one treats of Moral and the other of Political Philosophy, nor again that the one deals with the moral activity ... ... vidual, but has always thought of him, or we might say, in his social and political context, with a given nature due to race and heredity and in cert... ..., good. For this it is necessary to bring into play the great force of the Political Community or State, of which the main instrument is Law. Hence ar... ...d the matter sufficiently when the difficulties have been solved, and such theories as are most approved are left as a residuum. The chief points may ... ...culties raised are pretty near such as I have described them, and of these theories we must remove some and leave others as established; because the s... ...ake, and is careless of his own interest. [Sidenote: 1168b] But with these theories facts are at vari- ance, and not unnaturally: for it is commonly s... ...low, both having plausibility on their side. Per- haps then, in respect of theories of this kind, the proper course is to distinguish and define how f...

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...ccuracy with which he has conveyed his sincere impressions of the characters therein described. As to enmity, or ill feeling of any kind, personal or political, he utterly disclaims such motives. The sketch might, perhaps, have been wholly omitted, without loss to the public, or detriment to the book; but, having undertaken to write it, he conceives that it could not have ...

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...ters therein described. As to enmity, or ill feeling of any kind, personal or political, he utterly disclaims such motives. The sketch might, perhaps... ...ition of the Collector had kept the Salem Custom House out of the whirlpool of political vicissitude, which makes the tenure of office generally so fra... ...mocrat in principle, neither received nor held his office with any reference to political services. Had it been otherwise — had an active politician be... ... they need them, and because the practice of many years has made it the law of political warfare, which, unless a different system be proclaimed, it w... ...l pleased to be recognised by the Whigs as an enemy; since his inac tivity in political affairs — his tendency to roam, at will, in that broad and qu... ...gment by the visible presence of the letter. The reader may choose among these theories. We have thrown all the light we could acquire upon the porten...

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...m the very earliest period when I had formed any opinions at all on social political matters, and which, instead of being weakened or modified, has be... ... its supporters) a thing de sirable chiefly in the abstract, or, like the political ends usually contended for by factions, of little private im por... ... for seeking his favour and avoiding to give him offence. In struggles for political emancipation, ev erybody knows how often its champions are bough... ...tain the same doctrine, with all the fanaticism with which men ding to the theories that justify their passions and legitimate their personal in tere... ...suggested to Plato, among many other of his doctrines, t of the social and political equal ity of the two sexes. But, it will be said, the rule of me... ...nised and managed by women, for the more limited object of ob taining the political franchise. Nor is it only in our own country and in America that ... ...Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill 68 outward facts oppose to their theories, but lose sight of the legitimate purpose of speculation altogethe...

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...d; (2) Because the wisest and best Athenian citizens do not teach their sons political virtue. Will Protagoras answer these objections? Protagoras exp... ... and not between skilled and unskilled politicians. (1) For all men have the political virtues to a certain de gree, and are obliged to say that they... ...t a madman if he did not profess a virtue which he had not. (2) And that the political virtues can be taught and acquired, in the opinion of the Athen... ... given by Prometheus (who stole them), whereas justice and reverence and the political virtues could only be imparted by Zeus; (8) in the latter part ... ...bian. The whole may also be considered as a satire on those who spin pompous theories out of noth ing. As in the arguments of the Euthydemus and of t... ...goras is consistently presented to us throughout as the teacher of moral and political virtue; there is no allusion to the theories of sensation which... ...ut as the teacher of moral and political virtue; there is no allusion to the theories of sensation which are at tributed to him in the Theaetetus and...

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...line, I shall be pleased. Yours with respect, A. LINCOLN. 1846 REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT TO Dr. ROBERT BOAL. SPRINGFIELD, January 7, 1846. Dr. ROB... ...rom which I believe the two former banks to have been free. YOUNG v.s. OLD—POLITICAL JEAL- OUSY TO W. H. HERNDON. WASHINGTON, July 10, 1848. DEAR WILL... ...ry hero. While I have General Cass in hand, I wish to say a word about his political principles. As a specimen, I take the 83 The Writings of Abraham... ...e desired to say. 99 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON, March ... ...st respect- fully ask to be heard. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. MORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE REQUESTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. W ASHINGTON, March ... ...Whigs, working hand in hand with proslavery Democrats, are making Choate’s theories practical. Tho- mas Jefferson, a slaveholder, mindful of the moral...

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...ful when he was read- ing or was himself seeking arguments to refute other theories, especially those of the materialists; but as soon as he began to ... ...nature and the meaning of the life of man?” he thought. “And don’t all the theories of philosophy do the same, trying by the path of thought, which is... ...pon to do this, and is driven inevitably into war. On the other hand, both political science and common sense teach us that in matters of state, and e... ...e, his mind re- verted at once to the thoughts of the morning. And all the theories of the significance of the Slav element in the history of the worl...

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...ch his doctrine stood to the Eleatic Being or the Megarian good, or to the theories of Aristippus or Antisthenes respecting pleasure. Nor are we able ... ...the heart and brain of each indi- vidual. But neither must we confound the theories or as- pects of morality with the origin of our moral ideas. These... ...nkers and suc- cessive generations of men. If we ask: Which of these many theories is the true one? we may answer: All of 38 Philebus them—moral se... ...ctically certain. 43 Plato The rule of human life is not dependent on the theories of philosophers: we know what our duties are for the most part bef... ... supplies only a partial account of human ac- tions: it is one among many theories of philosophers. It may be compared with other notions, such as th... ...s purchased at the expense of definiteness. Again, there are the legal and political principles of morals—freedom, equality, rights of persons; ‘Every... ...the eye of the law and of the legislator.’ There is also the other sort of political morality, which if not beginning with ‘Might is right,’ at any ra...

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...n the present occasion, I shall, without further discus sion of the other theories, attempt to contribute something towards the understanding and app... ...s civilization goes on, is felt to be more and more natural. Every step in political improvement renders it more so, by removing the sources of opposi... ...manner; that which the recognized authorities, patri archal, judicial, or political, would enforce. Recht, from which came right and righteous, is...

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...than his witness against them. Of that national de cline of genius, unity , political force, which has been sometimes described as the corruption of ... ...ceives to be even older than Xenophanes (compare Protag.). Still older were theories of two and three principles, hot and cold, moist and dry, which ... ...hesis first of all. (1) If we suppose the universal separation of kinds, all theories alike are swept away; the pa trons of a single principle of res... ...ike have the ground cut from under them; and all creators of the universe by theories of composition and 36 Sophist – Plato division, whether out of ... ...determination is ne gation. Plato takes or gives so much of either of these theories as was necessary or possible in the age in which he lived. In th...

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...ation can or ought to arrogate to itself power to dispose of the civic and political rights of its members.’ Secondly, that ‘criminal and civil jurisd... ...ther Paissy began again, laying stress on each word, “according to certain theories only too clearly formulated in the nineteenth century, the Church ... ...cisely a detective but was a sort of superintendent of a whole regiment of political detectives—a rather powerful position in its own way. I was promp... ...ge of the rest of our eccentric and paradoxical friend Ivan Fyodorovitch’s theories.” “Excuse me,” Dmitri cried suddenly; “if I’ve heard aright, crime...

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...primrose at present,” said Mrs. Grinstead, picking out the few spared from political purposes. “Clement will want his button-hole, to greet Lance.” “S... ... ing it for her Uncle Lance and his wife, who had just re- turned, full of political news; and likewise Lance said that he had picked up some intellig... ...me again to reign at Vale Leston, I shall have seen the outcome of various theories of last year, and proved what is the effect of having no class to ... ...spital work would suit her. Gerald says there is nothing like trying one’s theories, and that having to exaggerate his own has made him sick of a good... ...st, the elder lady bringing the old and sacred lights to bear on the newer theories. Clement was the undoubted owner of Vale Leston, and the John Hare...

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...n all this. And this confusion also leads people into all sorts of erroneous theories about the position and motions of the earth. None of them know h... ...isciples are alive, so long as his books continue to be read, so long as his political or military successes fill a page in the history of his country...

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...ation can or ought to arrogate to itself power to dispose of the civic and political rights of its members.’ Secondly , that ‘criminal and civil juris... ...ther Paissy began again, laying stress on each word, “according to certain theories only too clearly formulated in the nineteenth century, the Church ... ...cisely a detective but was a sort of superintendent of a whole regiment of political detectives—a rather powerful position in its own way. I was promp... ...e of the rest of our eccentric and paradoxical friend Ivan Fyodorovitch’ s theories.” “Excuse me,” Dmitri cried suddenly; “if I’ve heard aright, crime... ...Six months before his death, when he was seventeen, he made friends with a political exile who had been banished from Moscow to our town for free- thi... ...an move- ment, Dmitri Fyodorovitch. The development of woman, and even the political emancipation of woman in the near future—that’s my ideal. I’ve a ... ...ARAMAZOV Everything is habit with men, everything even in their social and political relations. Habit is the great motive-power. What a funny-looking ... ... off his balance by philosophical ideas above his level and certain modern theories of duty , which he learnt in practice from the reckless life of hi...

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...lways his last resource when he found his little friend getting him into a political, social, or theological corner. But this was the origin of a seri... ... out; and with the blessing of Providence upon the harvest (natu- ral, not political), I now dismiss you. All this is true, but the Circumlocution Off... ...he opportunity.’ Such a purchase would involve not only a great legitimate political influence, but some half-dozen church presentations of considerab... ...e most prejudiced people under the sun. This, therefore, might be called a political position of the Bleeding Hearts; but they entertained other objec... ...fly acted on by—’ ‘By the Barnacles?’ interrupted Gowan, laughing. ‘By the political gentlemen who condescend to keep the Circumlocution Office.’ ‘Ah!... ...ater people, had al- ways been right in her facts, and always wrong in the theories she deduced from them. When the storm of dust had cleared away and...

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...that discourage nondemocratic governments from pursuing violent conflicts. Arguing that existing democracies must make an active effort to foster the political environment in which new democracies can develop, Sharp discusses the elements critical to promoting democratization and thus strengthening system wide deterrence at the state and international levels....

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...RAL DEMOCRACY AND ITS GLOBAL INFLUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features of a Liberal Democracy . . . . . . . . .2 Global Political Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 2 CONVENTIONAL THEORIES OF WAR AND WAR AVOIDANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Conventional Think...

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...An introduction to moral, political and economic philosophy. Twelve philosophers in each category are featured, their basic theories are examined and provide the basis for discussion....

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...rianism 82 Chapter 10 Kant and Schopenhauer: Idealism and Pessimism 90 Chapter 11 Nietzsche and Sartre: Naturalism and Existentialism 99 PART 3 Political Theory: The Relationship of Man and the State Chapter 12 Introduction to Political Theory 111 Chapter 13 Law: Understanding the Rule o f Reason 119 Chapter 14 Problems o f Government: Five Great Issues 127 Ch...

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...hington, a prestige suffi- cient to bind his successors to his wishes. The political leaders of the country have done what they could for Washington. ... ...fused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great among the cities of the earth. They are ... ...ed in civil matters by men who had studied the laws of social life and the theories of free government. He was justus et tenax prop- ositi; and in per... ... no politi- cal power, as power is counted in the States. They vote for no political officer, not even for the President, and return no member to Cong... ...Parliament the House of Commons has greater po- litical strength and wider political action than the House of Lords; but in Congress the Senate counts... ...and rebellion, as Naples has lately succeeded in her attempt to change her political status; as Hungary is looking to do; as Poland has been seeking t... ...ce. We all, here in England, have the same ludicrous conception of Utopian theories of government *It must not, however, be supposed that by this “doi... ...e learned from books a perfect system of managing nations. To produce such theories is especially the part of a Frenchman; to disbelieve in them is es... ...pted into their form of government, and think that many of their political theories are wrong. We do not like universal suffrage. We do not like a per...

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... able to read the works of the great, and not so great, intellectuals of our race. It now gives me cause to consider some of the psychological theori... ...izing that, let‘s see what I can do to help you. I‘ll have to warn you that I try to go back to the basics as much as I can. There are so many theori... ...re, like sex, our basic drive or are we driven to find higher meanings in life? Serious students of human nature have expressed each of these theori... ...ife? Serious students of human nature have expressed each of these theories. ―Perhaps by understanding some of the various psychological theori... ...or being the toughest inmate, the power gained from being in the best school or on the best team—the examples are endless. Then there are the politi... ... in our children and young adults the abilities to have power to do some things well. This can be in the vocational, avocational, familial or politi... ...is often valued by the newsmen. But is press freedom more valuable to a Muslim whose prophet has been defiled? It is religious values versus politi... ...r over men. Granting sexual favors is even a better means of gaining power over them. Men tend to get their sexual attraction from economic or politi... ...cles for the drive for power. It had forced them to achieve in business, to become the money winners, and to work at the highest academic and politi...

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.....................60 ESSAY IV: On Profits, and Interest .............................................................71 ESSAY V: On the Definition of Political Economy; and on the Method of Investigation Proper to It...........................................................................93...

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...ESSAYS ON SOME UNSETTLED QUESTIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY by JOHN STUART MILL 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 A PENN STATE... ...CTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Penn- sylvani... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill, the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity,... .............................................71 ESSAY V: On the Definition of Political Economy; and on the Method of Investigation Proper to It............ ..................................93 4 Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy ESSAYS ON SOME UNSETTLED QUESTIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY b... ...ll that we can do more, is to endeavour to be impartial critics of our own theories, and to free ourselves, as far as we are able, from that reluctanc... ...ll that we can do more, is to endeavour to be impartial critics of our own theories, and to free ourselves, as far as we are able, from that reluctanc...

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...of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force....

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...ction and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force. If there be any truth in the... ...udged than that in- tolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties. For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to... ...ss the following interesting particulars: The utility of the union to your political prosperity The insufficiency of the present confederation to pres... ..., it certainly would not be wise in the people at large to adopt these new political tenets without being fully convinced that they are founded in tru... ... it. They formed it almost as 11 The Federalist Papers soon as they had a political existence; nay, at a time when their habitations were in flames, ... ...e we not already seen enough of the fallacy and extravagance of those idle theories which have amused us with promises of an exemption from the imper-... ...a novelty in the political world; that it has never yet had a place in the theories of the wildest projectors; that it rashly attempts what it is impo...

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... of the ideal to the present sufferings of men, which has enabled powerful political movements to grow out of the hopes of solitary thinkers. It is th... ...ism the same combination of ideal and organization as we find in Socialist political parties. It is from this standpoint that our study of these movem... ...ence to the Syndicalist revolt against Socialist emphasis on the State and political action, and to certain movements outside France which have some a... ... to their own safety or privileges, it includes all who advocate any great political or economic change, and all classes which, through their pov- ert... ...e parliamentary machinery, and aim at a different method of regulating the political affairs of the com- munity . But all alike are democratic in the ... ...me should be at fault. In actual fact, time has shown many flaws in Marx’s theories. The develop- ment of the world has been sufficiently like his pro... ...partly in his writings, but more in those of Kropotkin.[Criticism of these theories will be reserved for Part II.] Michel Bakunin was born in 1814 of ... ... movement and the truly heroic and high-minded men who have elaborated its theories and sacrificed comfort and success to their propaga- tion. The ter... ...ore opportunist and were also called possibilists and cared little for the theories of Marx. In 1890 there was a secession from the Broussists, who fo...

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... to call them what they still call themselves) have lost confidence in the political creeds which they nominally profess, while neither side appears t... ...of government bear the impress, more or less exclusive, of two conflicting theories respecting political institutions; or, to speak more properly, con... ...he impress, more or less exclusive, of two conflicting theories respecting political institutions; or, to speak more properly, conflicting conceptions... ... institutions; or, to speak more properly, conflicting conceptions of what political institutions are. By some minds, government is conceived as stric... ...ing it, is the order of ideas in the minds of those who adopt this view of political philosophy. They look upon a constitution in the same light (diff... ...team plow, or a threshing machine. T o these stand opposed another kind of political reasoners, who are so far from assimilating a form of government ... ...hically, may be regarded as the main point of superiority in the political theories of the present above those of the last age, in which it was custom... ...ly to act for them, but to judge for them what ought to be done? These two theories of the duty of a legislator in a representative govern ment have ... ...were exactly what it seemed to be destitute of; and undoubtedly the common theories of government did not furnish it with such, framed as those theori...

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... was in this same year, 1819, that he took me through a complete course of political economy. His loved and intimate friend, Ricardo, had shortly befo... ...o, had shortly before published the book which formed so great an epoch in political economy; a book which would never have been published or written,... ...ect, he ren dered so much service to his and my father’s opinions both on political economy and on other subjects. Though Ricardo’s great work was al... ...rendu, served him afterwards as notes from which to write his Elements of Political Economy . After this I read Ricardo, giving an account daily of w... ...father’s main objects to make me apply to Smith’s more superficial view of political economy, the supe rior lights of Ricardo, and detect what was fa... ...uck, the one by his knowledge, the other by his dialectical acuteness. The theories of International Values and of Profits were excogitated and worked... ...al part of the chapter, the state ment and discussion of the two opposite theories respecting the proper condition of the labouring classes, was whol...

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...t forces of transport are already straining against the limits of existing political areas. Every country contains now an increasing ingredient of une... .... G . Wells cal life, especially State life as distinguished from national political life, is degraded because of the natural and inevi- table apathy ... ...e from the cradle to the grave. No one has yet invented any method for the political expression and collective direction of a migratory population, an... ...t national over-confidence, I might go on to the quality of our social and political movements. One hears nowadays a vast amount of chatter about effi... ... the middle-aged and elderly men who still manage our great businesses and political af- fairs. The worker is beginning now to strike for unprecedente... ... an illu- minating and unintentionally ironical complement to the implicit theories of our present social order, it is worthy of close attention. The ...

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... two ways. First, by obtaining a recognition of certain immu nities, called political liberties or rights, which it was to be regarded as a breach of... ...ircumstances which for a time encouraged it had continued unaltered. But, in political and philosophical theories, as well On Liberty — Mill 5 as in... ...e encouraged it had continued unaltered. But, in political and philosophical theories, as well On Liberty — Mill 5 as in persons, success discloses ... ...democracy is adverse, has had no difficulty in es tablishing itself; and in political speculations “the tyranny of the majority” is now generally inc... ...rannizing are not restricted to the acts which it may do by the hands of its political functionaries. Society can and does execute its own mandates: a... ...o meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formi dable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme pe...

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...diplomat was answering some questions of the countess’ s about the present political position, about the reforms that were being instituted, and wheth... ...time with ideas of which she had no real knowledge or experience, abstract theories she had got out of books, though she probably mistook them for gen...

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...rallies broad support in the Arab and Muslim world by demanding redress of political grievances, but its hostility toward us and our values is limitle... ...he story of eccentric and violent ideas sprouting in the fertile ground of political and social turmoil. It is the story of an organization poised to ... ...c selectively draws from multiple sources—Islam, history, and the region’s political and economic malaise. He also stresses griev- ances against the U... ...a’s leaders said “desires death more than you desire life.” 15 History and Political Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained ... ...l Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained lasting political power. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, fundamentalists... ...’s praise for the attack, his long record of involvement in terrorism, and theories that Ramzi Y ousef was an Iraqi agent and Iraq was behind the 1993... ...aq and al Qaeda in chapter 2.We have found no credible evidence to support theories of Iraqi govern- ment involvement in the 1993 WTC bombing.W olfowi... ... in his memo that he had attempted in June to get the CIA to explore these theories. 74. DOD memo,Wolfowitz to Rumsfeld,“Were We Asleep?” Sept. 18, 20...