 | Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on Masters and The Masses(published by RevoltSource) |
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Scottish Philosopher, Historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, Anti-Traditional, Anti-State, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Establishment
: A Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community. Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #9 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Masters and The Masses
“...it were vain to flatter the monarch or his people. The first cannot bestow liberty, without raising a spirit, which may, on occasion, stand in opposition to his own designs; nor the latter receive this blessing, while they own that it is in the right of a master to give or to withhold it.”
Source: "An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767. Part 6, Section V.
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767.
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