The example of the Roman comitia is used when discussing voting, in which the author advocates popular assemblies where each person ideally votes for the general will, resulting in near unanimity in healthy states.
The author of this work claims that the monarchy is the type of government best suited to hot climates, but that in general aristocracies are the most stable. The example of the Roman comitia is used when discussing voting, in which the author advocates popular assemblies where each person ideally votes for the general will, resulting in near unanimity in healthy states. Dubbing the collective grouping of all citizens the "sovereign", he claims that it is almost always in conflict with the government, and will ultimately destroy the state. Containing the famous line "man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains", FTP, what is this work stating that legitimate political authority comes only from the title concept, written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
The author of this work claims that the monarchy is the type of government best suited to hot climates, but that in general aristocracies are the most stable.
The Social Contract (Le Contrat social)