Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Alexis de Tocqueville and K Marx / F Engels
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24 ideas
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness
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Men distinguish themselves from animals when they begin to produce their means of subsistence [Marx/Engels]
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Individuals are mutually hostile unless they group together in competition with other groups [Marx/Engels]
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Producing their own subsistence distinguishes men from animals [Marx/Engels]
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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 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 / 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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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism
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Only in community are people able to cultivate their gifts, and therefore be free [Marx/Engels]
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism
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Young Hegelians think consciousness is chains for men, where old Hegelians think it the bond of society [Marx/Engels]
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In communist society we are not trapped in one activity, but can act freely [Marx/Engels]
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If the common interest imposes on the individual, his actions become alienated and enslaving [Marx/Engels]
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The class controlling material production also controls mental production [Marx/Engels]
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The revolutionary class is opposed to 'class', and represents all of society [Marx/Engels]
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To assert themselves as individuals, the proletarians must overthrow the State [Marx/Engels]
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Modern governments are just bourgeois management committees [Marx/Engels]
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Communism aims to abolish not all property, but bourgeois property [Marx/Engels]
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Many of the bourgeois rights grievances are a form of self-defence [Marx/Engels]
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