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). ... Pure democracy, however, as the government of the state by which all the people in every detail, is not, as Rousseau says, a possible human institution. All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. ... Rousseau sees clearly that it is impossible to place any limits upon th...

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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). ... Pure democracy, however, as the government of the state by which all the people in every detail, is not, as Rousseau says, a possible human institution. All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. ... Rousseau sees clearly that it is impossible to place any limits upon th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This shows that for a state to be recognized as a democratic nation, it should therefore indoctrinate some elements of democracy or all features of democracy if it is possible. ... Plato then came with the second best form of government which is timocracy, this is the form of government ruled by warriors in which all the political decisions aim to bring military power and status. ... He made it clear that in a democratic government, there are no philosopher kings who will serve all citizens equally and fairly regardless of their class. ...

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