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Europe: Europe is a continent in the northern part of the Earth's hemisphere. It extends over the western fifth of the Eurasian landmass. Europe is geographically separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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J.-J. Rousseau on Europe - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 280 Europe/Rousseau/Höffe: [Rousseau] describes(1) the European state system Höffe I 281 as a restlessly stable balance that cannot be overcome without the help of political art. In a mid-term review, Rousseau records three truths that he considers undeniable: that there are close, albeit imperfect and that there are links between all the peoples of Europe, "except the Turks"; that imperfection contributes to the present misery, but also allows it to be overcome. >League of Nations/Rousseau. 1. Abbé Castel de Saint-Pierre's Plan for Eternal Peace in Europe (Projet pour rendre la paix perpétuelle en Europe, 1-11: 1713, Ill: 1717), Rousseau wrote a longer excerpt (Extrait), which he supplemented in the same year 1756 with a shorter judgement on eternal peace (Jugement sur la paix perpétuelle) (...)_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rousseau I J. J. Rousseau Les Confessions, 1765-1770, publ. 1782-1789 German Edition: The Confessions 1953 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |