... good to others, and a taste for truth, goodness, and beauty. The theories of Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, among other thinkers would be identified as a sometimes distorted echo throughout history. John Locke presented the reinvented theory that, symbolic of a social contract, there must be a compromise between the sovereign and his subjects whereby respect for the ruler receives an equal ... mixed with middle-class nationalists in their cause to unify the people. Nationalism, a powerful ideology, united people who were not under the same "government" but had a common language, histo...

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