Finally, each man, in giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over which he does not acquire the same right as he yields others over himself, he gains an equivalent for everything he loses, and an increase of force... IDEAL EMPIRES AND REPUBLICS - Page 14by CHARLES M. ANDREWS, PhD - 1901Full view - About this book
| Ernst Cassirer - Philosophy - 1951 - 384 pages
...individual, while uniting with all other individuals, nevertheless obeys only himself within this union. "In short, each giving himself to all, gives himself...all that we lose, and more power to preserve what we have."89 "So long as the subjects submit only to such conventions, they obey no one, but simply their... | |
| Robert Anchor - History - 1979 - 196 pages
...alone, and remain as free as before." The advantage of this sort of association is that "each man, in giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over which he does not acquire the same rights as he yields others over himself, he gains... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - Constitutional law - 1983 - 420 pages
...political participation.100 In explaining the essence of the social contract, Rousseau declared that "each giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody;...all that we lose, and more power to preserve what we have."101 These principles of mutual tolerance, respect, and equality are enshrined as well in our... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - Campaign funds - 1984 - 804 pages
...political participation.100 In explaining the essence of the social contract, Rousseau declared that "each giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody;...all that we lose, and more power to preserve what we have."101 These principles of mutual tolerance, respect, and equality are enshrined as well in our... | |
| James O'Toole - Business & Economics - 1995 - 190 pages
...best part of the bargain is that everyone else has agreed to the same deal. "Finally. each man. in giving himself to all. gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over whom he does not acquire the same right as he yielded others over himself. he gains... | |
| Irving M. Zeitlin - Political Science - 1997 - 228 pages
...eliminated the conflict between the individual and the common interest, because each individual 'in giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over which he does not acquire the same right as he yields to others over himself, he... | |
| Brad R. Roth - Law - 1999 - 476 pages
...will, it is quite appropriate that he be "forced to be free". The formula is such that each man, in giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over which he does not acquire the same right as he yields others over himself, he gains... | |
| John Schrems - Political Science - 2004 - 408 pages
...expressed when Rousseau describes the social contract and its accompanying general will: "each man, in giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over which he does not acquire the same right as he yields others over himself, he gains... | |
| John T. Scott - 2006 - 448 pages
...p. 14. 40 Rousseau, bk. I, chap. VII, p. 18. See also bk. I, chap. VI, p. 14: "Finally, each man, in giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over which he does not acquire the same right as he yields others over himself, he gains... | |
| Literary Criticism - 2007 - 240 pages
...continue, and the association would necessarily become inoperative or tyrannical. Finally, each man, in giving himself to all, gives himself to nobody; and as there is no associate over whom he does not acquire the same right as he yields others over himself, he gains... | |
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