 The first thing that strikes the observation is an innumerable multitude of men, all equal and alike, incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...  Democracy in America - Stran 234avtor: Alexis de Tocqueville - 1840Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Wilmot Godfrey James, Mary Simons - 286 strani
...produce the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them living apart, is a stranger to the fate of all the rest - his children and his private friends constitute to him ihe whole of mankind; as for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but he sees them... | |
 | Jürgen Moltmann - 1993 - 346 strani
...procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is a stranger to the fate of all the rest; his children...to him the whole of mankind. As for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but he does not see them ; he touches them, but he does not feel... | |
 | Anthony Giddens - 1994 - 292 strani
...The idea goes back to Tocqueville, who in a famous passage wrote of individuals in American society: Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the fate of the rest his children and his private friends constitute to him the whole of mankind; as for the rest... | |
 | Adam B. Seligman - 1995 - 258 strani
...incessantly endeavouring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the fate of the rest — his children and his private friends constitute to him the whole of mankind; as for the... | |
 | Ronald William Dworkin - 1996 - 276 strani
...the old theme of self-love. Tocqueville says of individuals living under administrative despotism, Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...to him the whole of mankind. As for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but he does not see them; he touches them, but he does not feel... | |
 | Roger Boesche - 2010 - 508 strani
...incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...to him the whole of mankind. As for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but does not see them; he touches them, but he does not feel... | |
 | T. William Boxx, Gary M. Quinlivan - 1996 - 164 strani
...warned of what happens to citizens wholly occupied in the pursuit of "petty and paltry" pleasures:6 Each of them living apart, is as a stranger to the...to him the whole of mankind. As for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but does not see them; he touches them, but he does not feel... | |
 | Preston T. King - 1996 - 340 strani
...described by Tocqueville in Democracy in America: Each of them, living apart, is a stranger to the fate of the rest ... his children and his private friends...to him the whole of mankind; as for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but he sees them not, he touches them, but he feels them not;... | |
 | Martin Hollis - 1996 - 300 strani
...described by Tocqueville in Democracy in America: Each of them, living apart, is a stranger to the fate of the rest. ..his children and his private friends constitute...to him the whole of mankind; as for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but he sees them not, he touches them, but he feels them not;... | |
 | Vincent Ostrom - 1997 - 358 strani
...incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...to him the whole of mankind. As for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but he does not see them; he touches them, but he does not feel... | |
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