 | Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on War and Military Oppression(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 #6 on Political Struggle Quotes >> War and Military Oppression
“Times may come, when every proprietor must defend his own possessions, and every free people maintain their own independence. We may imagine, that against such an extremity, an army of hired troops is a sufficient precaution; but their own troops are the very enemy against which a people is sometimes obliged to fight.”
Source: "An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767. Part 5, Section IV.
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767.
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