The Corruption Of Despotism, Monarchy, and the Republic on Superphysics

The Corruption of Democracy, Aristocracy, Monarchy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The principle of democracy is corrupted when:

the spirit of equality is extinct
the spirit of extreme equality exists

The people would think that they are on a level with those who command them. They would then want to:

The Spirit of extreme Equality

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

AS distant as heaven is from earth, so is the true spirit of equality from that of extreme equality. The former does not imply that every body should command, or that no one should be commanded, but that we obey or command our equals. It endeavours not to shake off the authority of a master, but that its masters should be none but its equals.

Danger of the Corruption of the Principle of Monarchical Government

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

THE danger is not when the state passes from one moderate to another moderate government, a republic to a monarchy, or from a monarchy to a republic, but when it switches from a moderate to a despotic government.

Distinctive Properties of a Republic and Monarchy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chapter 16: Distinctive Properties of a Republic

This is natural for a republic which to have only a small territory. Otherwise, it cannot long subsist.

The Empire of China

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Our missionaries inform us that:

the Imperial Chinese government is admirable
it has a proper mixture of fear, honour, and virtue.

Consequently, I must have given an idle distinction, in establishing the principles of the three governments.