Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence, 2 tomas

Priekinis viršelis
Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1922 - 744 psl.
 

Kiti leidimai - Peržiūrėti viską

Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės

Populiarios ištraukos

102 psl. - Further, the state is by nature clearly prior to the family and to the individual, since the whole is of necessity prior to the part...
102 psl. - The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not selfsufficing; and therefore he is like a part in relation to the whole. But he who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god: he is no part of a state.
25 psl. - Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict; not such are the laws set among men by the Justice who dwells with the gods below; nor deemed I that thy decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven. For their life is not of today or yesterday, but from all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth.
103 psl. - He who has the power to take part in the deliberative or judicial administration of any state is said by us to be a citizen of that state ; and speaking generally, a state is a body of citizens sufficing for the purposes of life.
1 psl. - The country which is now called Hellas was not regularly settled in ancient times. The people were migratory, and readily left their homes whenever they were overpowered by numbers. There was no commerce, and they could not safely hold intercourse with one another either by land or sea. The several tribes cultivated their own soil just enough to obtain a maintenance from it. But they had no accumulations of wealth, and did not plant the ground; for, being without walls, they were never sure that...
15 psl. - He who would duly inquire about the best form of a state ought first to determine which is the most eligible life; while this remains uncertain the best form of the state must also be uncertain...
39 psl. - That is very likely. Yes, I said ; and there is another thing which is likely, or rather a necessary inference from what has preceded, that neither the uneducated and uninformed of the truth, nor yet those who never make an end of their education, will be able ministers of State...
75 psl. - The decrees of the Demos correspond to the edicts of the tyrant, and the demagogue is to the one what the flatterer is to the other.
2 psl. - When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite selfsufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.
2 psl. - It is further asked : When are men, living in the same place, to be regarded as a single city — what is the limit? Certainly not the wall of the city, for you might surround all Peloponnesus with a wall.

Bibliografinė informacija