Single Idea 23050

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship]

Full Idea

With all seriousness and reverence we may hope and pray for a condition of English society in which all honest citizens will recognise themselves and be recognised by each other as gentlemen.

Gist of Idea

The ideal is a society in which all citizens are ladies and gentlemen

Source

T.H. Green (works [1875]), quoted by John H. Muirhead - The Service of the State IV

Book Reference

Muirhead,John H.: 'The Service of the State: T.H. Green' [John Murray 2021], p.83


A Reaction

Call me old fashioned but, as long as we expand this to include ladies, I like this thought. Chaucer's knight (in his Prologue) should be our national role model. The true gentleman is an Aristotelian ideal.