Beginning Politics
Governing 101
The Revolution Begins
A Bit of Burke
Arts and Sciences (Not)
100
After a child is grown up, the bond between child and parent is based only upon this.
Choice
100
Rousseau claims that this cannot be alienated or transferred.
sovereignty
100
The Estates – in order.
Clergy, nobility, commoners
100
Starting a government from scratch is like starting a business without this.
money
100
Rousseau admired this civilization for leaving aside the arts and sciences.
Sparta
200
While some slave-owners might disagree, Rousseau say that this never gives a right to rule.
Force
200
While people cannot delegate their will, they can delegate this.
power
200
The Revolution’s answer to France’s financial problems.
church land
200
The National Assembly has too many of these.
lawyers
200
The growth of the arts and sciences has made this difficult to recognize.
Virtue
300
Rousseau’s term for the agreement that leads individuals to unite in defense of their liberties.
Social Contract
300
The commands of leaders can pass for the general will if this is true.
The people are free to oppose and do not do so.
300
These brought an end to feudal privileges.
Fourth of August Decrees
300
The National Assembly has too much of this.
power
300
These (including the one in Dijon) can encourage virtue by keeping an eye on their members.
academies
400
Different from the choice of the majority, this acts in the best interest of every citizen.
the general will
400
The social contract can transform the individual possession of property into this.
A legal right
400
Under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the source of the salaries of clergy.
the government
400
The National assembly does not have enough members with this.
property
400
The fact that the arts and sciences originate here makes them suspicious.
in our vices
500
Paradoxically, Rousseau would say that to quarantine a sick person (if in the best interest of the whole community) is simply doing this to them.
forcing them to be free
500
Two of the three conditions that allows an individual to claim property based upon right of first occupant.
1) unoccupied 2) necessary for subsistence 3) must cultivate
500
Site of the Journée of the Market Women
Versailles
500
While individuals have equal right to property, they don’t have this.
right to equal property
500
What literary prizes generally reward.
Cleverness
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