Against the Current: Essays in the History of IdeasClarendon Press, 1981 - 401 Seiten |
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... society possesses an inner spirit or dynamic principle which informs all its most diverse ramifications . It is the duty of statesmen and law- givers to understand this inner spirit or organising force , and to rule or legislate in ...
... society possesses an inner spirit or dynamic principle which informs all its most diverse ramifications . It is the duty of statesmen and law- givers to understand this inner spirit or organising force , and to rule or legislate in ...
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... society can be built only by conquest , and if cruelty is necessary to it , then it must not be evaded . Machiavelli is not sadistic ; he does not gloat on the need to employ ruthlessness or fraud for creating or maintaining the kind of ...
... society can be built only by conquest , and if cruelty is necessary to it , then it must not be evaded . Machiavelli is not sadistic ; he does not gloat on the need to employ ruthlessness or fraud for creating or maintaining the kind of ...
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... society , or at least of its spiritual leaders , may be a necessary condition for the birth of nationalism , it is not a sufficient one ; the society must , at least potentially , contain within itself a group or class of persons who ...
... society , or at least of its spiritual leaders , may be a necessary condition for the birth of nationalism , it is not a sufficient one ; the society must , at least potentially , contain within itself a group or class of persons who ...
Inhalt
Authors Note page | vii |
Introduction by Roger Hausheer | xiii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | xxv |
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