In his book emerges the need of bringing back equality and justice in the society, and to achieve this goal the author gives a specific project in order to establish a fairer state. One of the main point in this book, which is really modern and to some extent anticipates the Marxist doctrine, is that Rousseau thinks that is not human beings to be corrupted but the society itself which consequently affects the human behavior (Held:2006, 44). ... While for liberalists the state has the only purpose of ensuring the fundamental rights, that cannot be restricted or denied, for Rousseau as his book ...

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In his book "Politics," Aristotle begins his work by outlining his ideas concerning human nature and the formation of what he calls political associations. ... This natural association of a family unity provides Aristotle support in his claim that, "the state is the creation of nature, and man is by nature a political animal" (Politics Book I.ii.). ... In his chapter "Concerning New Principalities which are Acquired," Machiavelli discusses the downfall of Cesare Borgia. ... The virtue Aristotle discusses in his book "Politics" derives from classical political thought; contr...

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At several points, the Politics looks back to the conception of the highest human good worked out in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the concluding chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (X.9) looks forward to the Politics, culminating in a list of questions about political systems which corresponds reasonably well to the questions he addresses in the Politics, as the following chart indicates: Outline of the Politics Questions in Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17-24 Book I: types of communities: the city, the household; household management Book II: critical survey of proposed and actual constitutio...

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In the state of nature, says Rousseau, "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Book I: I 169). ... "Might does not create right," explains Rousseau (Book I: III 173). ... In Book II, Rousseau will first explain the inalienable status of the sovereign, the body of people that are "the true foundation on which all Societies rest" and then the laws that help to maintain the loyalty of its subjects (Book I: V 179). ... Humbly speaking, in default of natural sanctions, the laws of justice are ineffective among men" (Book II: VI). ... Rousseau, after upholding the State's absolute...

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In the state of nature, says Rousseau, "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Book I: I 169). ... "Might does not create right," explains Rousseau (Book I: III 173). ... In Book II, Rousseau will first explain the inalienable status of the sovereign, the body of people that are "the true foundation on which all Societies rest" and then the laws that help to maintain the loyalty of its subjects (Book I: V 179). ... Humbly speaking, in default of natural sanctions, the laws of justice are ineffective among men" (Book II: VI). ... Rousseau, after upholding the State's absolute...

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Machiavelli stresses this later on the book when discussing the benefits of building fortresses, he states, "the best fortress a ruler can have is not to be hated by the people" . ... At times Machiavelli's prince will seem to be harsh, cruel, hypocritical or deceitful but this is not a book about how to govern ones social life, it is a book, as Machiavelli puts it in the second chapter, about "governing principalities and how they can be maintained" . ...

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The successful Revolution against England gave the American people newfound independence and the opportunity to create a new government of their own design and intent. It gave them a changed society in which privilege and bloodlines counted for little and ideals and human equality counted for much....

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