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  • Giuseppe Mazzini on the Divine Ideal of Republicanism

    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…

  • James Madison on the ‘Divine Ideal’ in Republicanism

    James Madison on the ‘Divine Ideal’ in Republicanism

    Federalist Papers No. 55 James Madison, lead drafter of the Constitution stated once, that Republicanism admits the existence of qualities in man in a higher degree, and is thus built on a spiritual Ideal of man’s nature. We recognize James Madison as a man who rejected the notion of racial superiority, although he failed to put…