Giuseppe Mazzini on the Divine Ideal of Republicanism

GIUSEPPE MAZZINI ON THE REPUBLICAN SPIRIT TIED TO THE COMMON GOOD

“The Republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means, association, a new philosophy of life, a divine Ideal, that shall move the world, the only means of regeneration vouchsafed to the human race.” (Giuseppe Mazzini, Faith and the Future, written in French at Bienne, 1835; see ed. Bolton King, Essays by Mazzini, tr. Thomas Okey)

“…Republican government (that of a Republic) presupposes the existence of these qualities in a higher degree than any other form.”
JAMES MADISON ON DIVINE IDEAL IN AMERICAN REPUBLICANISM

Silvestro Lega, Mazzini on Death-Bed, 1873.

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October 20, 2025

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Dominique Johnson

🏷️Politics, Quotes

🏷️Civic Republicanism, Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian history, Italian Risorgimento, political philosophy, republican renassaince, Silvestro Lega Paintings, spiritual philosophy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dominique Johnson is a writer and author of The American Minervan created years ago and changed from its first iteration as Circle of Asia (11 years ago), because of its initial Eurasian focus. The change indicated increasing concern for the future of their own home country. He has spent many years academically researching the deeper philosophical classical sources of Theosophy, Eclecticism and American Republicanism to push beyond current civilizational limitations. He has spent his life since a youth dedicated to understanding what he sees as the “inner meanings” and instruction in classical literature, martial philosophies, world mythology and folklore for understanding both the nature of life and dealing with the challenges of life.

Giuseppe Mazzini on the Divine Ideal of Republicanism

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