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If Edmund Burke pondered over one of the key questions of political theory, “who guards us from the guardians?”, David Hume was pondering an equally difficult problem: “why is it so easy for the few in power to govern the many?”
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When this opinion prevails among the generality of a state, or among those who have the force in their hands, it gives great security to any government. Right is of two kinds, right to power and right to property.
Aug 23, 2022 · David Hume (b. 1711–d. 1776) was one of the central figures of what we now commonly call the Scottish Enlightenment. He lived and wrote during a time when questions about Scotland’s political future and its place both in Britain and in the world figured prominently.
Jul 22, 2014 · Hume’s extensive republic is designed to check the centralization of power which is the death of human scale political order in a large modern state whether of monarchical or republican form. It would be more difficult in Hume’s republic to institute and abuse the policy of public credit.
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Origin of Government. David Hume on the origin of government in warfare, and the “perpetual struggle” between Liberty and Power (1777) David Hume. Full Quote.
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This paper reveals connections between Hume's virtue ethics and his political philosophy by investigating two specific ques tions. First, is allegiance to government, as Hume understands it, a virtue of character like other virtues that Hume recognizes (such as justice and fidelity to promises)? Second, can Hume ac
