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Robert Morrison MacIver. Chapter Five THE ARISTOCRATIC FALLACY It is one thing to identify democracy , another to comprehend it , to realize its nature and import . It has been and still is grievously misunderstood , and never was ...
Robert Morrison MacIver. Chapter Five THE ARISTOCRATIC FALLACY It is one thing to identify democracy , another to comprehend it , to realize its nature and import . It has been and still is grievously misunderstood , and never was ...
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... fallacy . The fallacy lies not in their claim to be " aristocrats " -that claim may or may not be justified - but in the doctrine they on that account entertain con- cerning the nature of government and especially concerning the ...
... fallacy . The fallacy lies not in their claim to be " aristocrats " -that claim may or may not be justified - but in the doctrine they on that account entertain con- cerning the nature of government and especially concerning the ...
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... fallacy , " the second the " government by the people " fallacy . ( a ) The utopian fallacy . Take , for example , the words of one of our aristocratic critics of democracy . According to Alleyne Ireland ( Democracy and the Human ...
... fallacy , " the second the " government by the people " fallacy . ( a ) The utopian fallacy . Take , for example , the words of one of our aristocratic critics of democracy . According to Alleyne Ireland ( Democracy and the Human ...
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Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
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