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Institutions: Institutions are social structures that organize and guide human behavior. They can be formal or informal, and they can be public or private._____________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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Voltaire on Institutions - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 263 Institutions/VoltaireVsMontesquieu/Voltaire/Höffe: Unlike Montesquieu, whom Rousseau holds in high esteem, Voltaire has hardly any sense for institutions. He laughs at the plan for eternal peace in Europe as an unworldly rhapsody, because he is building on a political illusion, a European League of Nations. Voltaire relies only on growing tolerance and the pressure of public opinion. >Institutions, >Peace, >Utopianism, >Utopia, >Toleration._____________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. |
Voltaire Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |