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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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Spinoza wanted democracy based on individual rights, and is thus the first modern political philosopher [Stewart,M on Spinoza]
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The sovereignty has absolute power over citizens [Spinoza]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 3. Alienating rights
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No one, in giving up their power and right, ceases to be a human being [Spinoza]
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Forming a society meant following reason, and giving up dangerous appetites and mutual harm [Spinoza]
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People only give up their rights, and keep promises, if they hope for some greater good [Spinoza]
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Once you have given up your rights, there is no going back [Spinoza]
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In democracy we don't abandon our rights, but transfer them to the majority of us [Spinoza]
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Everyone who gives up their rights must fear the recipients of them [Spinoza]
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The early Hebrews, following Moses, gave up their rights to God alone [Spinoza]
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