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. ... Humbly speaking, in default of natural sanctions, the laws of justice are ineffective among men" (Book II: VI). Of the law, which set up among men this reign of mutual justice, the General Will is the source. ... Rousseau sees clearly that it is impossible to place any limits upon the power of the State; when the peo...

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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. ... Humbly speaking, in default of natural sanctions, the laws of justice are ineffective among men" (Book II: VI). Of the law, which set up among men this reign of mutual justice, the General Will is the source. ... Rousseau sees clearly that it is impossible to place any limits upon the power of the State; when the peo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He believed that the spring of all action is desire. It is feeling of uneasiness identified with pain, a feeling of which men want to somehow rid of themselves. ... It could be discovered by reasoning and commanding men to carry out the will of God. ... He thought that all humans are born free. ... Thus, Locke believed in the goodness of man, unlike Hobbes who thought all men are e...

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