 | J. C. N. Raadschelders - Administrative agencies - 2003 - 468 pages
...the origins of inequality concerns the birth of civil society: "The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'This...believe him, was the real founder of civil society" (1986, 84). Rousseau then proceeds to elaborate this statement through descriptions of how our ancestors... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - Enlightenment - 2003 - 496 pages
...famously declared: The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, took it into his head to say 'This is mine', and found people simple enough to...real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling... | |
 | Emma Goldman, Candace Falk - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 688 pages
...From Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality: "The first man who, having fenced off a plot of land, thought of saying This is mine' and found people simple enough...believe him was the real founder of civil society." among the working classes who are so dense that they think if the masters did not give them work they... | |
 | Dennis Hume Wrong - Political Science - 248 pages
...Part Two of the Discourse on Inequality: " The first man who. having enclosed a piece of land. thought of saying This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him. was the true founder of civil society" tRousseau 1755: 1 09 ). Most of the themes of later interpretations... | |
 | Mads Qvortrup - History - 2003 - 162 pages
...further Rousseau's famous observation that 'the first man, having enclosed a piece of ground, besought himself of saying this is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him', was an 'impostor', whose actions led to 'many crimes, wars, murders', and 'horrors and misfortunes'. Also... | |
 | Pursey Heugens, Hans van Oosterhout, Jack J. Vromen - Business & Economics - 2003 - 184 pages
...description of this process is famous: The first man who, having enclosed a piece of land, thought of saying 'this is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders; how much misery and horror the human... | |
 | Eric T. Freyfogle - Law - 2003 - 346 pages
...inequality: The first person who, having fenced off a plot of ground, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. What crimes, wars, murders, what miseries and horrors would the human... | |
 | Graeme Garrard - Philosophy - 2003 - 446 pages
...statement that the "first person who, having fenced off a plot of ground, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society" (DI, 43 [OC III, 164]). Rousseau's depiction of society as a "perpetual... | |
 | Nigel Warburton - Philosophy - 2004 - 112 pages
...functionalism in the philosophy of mind. • The first man who, having enclosed a piece of land, thought of saying "This is mine" and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.' Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Discuss. • What is the anthropic principle?... | |
 | H. H. Shugart - Nature - 2004 - 239 pages
...Consider the following as an example: The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, thought of saying "This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. Humanity would have been spared infinite crimes, wars, homicides, and... | |
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THE first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. 
