| Bernard Bosanquet - 1895 - 360 pages
...taken many in the past. XVIII THE REALITY OF THE GENERAL WILL By B. BOSANQUET "There is often a great difference between the will of all and the general will ; the latter looks only to the common interest ; the former looks to private interest, and is nothing but a sum... | |
| William Prall - 1900 - 282 pages
...or something less than the sum of the wills of the majority. And this Rousseau himself recognized. " There is often a great deal of difference between the will of all and the general will. The last has regard only for the common interest ; the other for private interest, and is only the sum... | |
| James Treat Carter - 1919 - 298 pages
...IIl, in which Rousseau discusses the nature of the General Will as follows: "There is often a great difference between the will of all and the general will; the latter looks only to the common interest; the former looks to private interest, and is nothing but the sum... | |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau - 1920 - 348 pages
...never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad. There is often a great deal of difference between the will of all and the general will ; the latter considers only the common interest, while the former takes private interest into account, and is no... | |
| William McDougall - 1920 - 334 pages
...WILL OF THE NATION1 ROUSSEAU, in his famous treatise, Le Contrat Social, wrote "There is often a great difference between the will of all and the general will ; the latter looks only to the common interest; the former looks to private interest, and is nothing but a sum of... | |
| Randolph Greenfield Adams - 1922 - 234 pages
...general will," 37 was a thing which Rousseau would have us differentiate from the "will of all." 88 "There is often a great deal of difference between...all and the general will; the latter regards only common interest, while the former has regard for private interests, and is merely the sum of particular... | |
| William Anderson - 1925 - 700 pages
...advantage; but it does not follow that the deliberations of the people are always equally correct. . . . There is often a great deal of difference between the will of all and the general will; the latter considers only the common interest, while the former takes private interest into account." he will... | |
| 1928 - 364 pages
...these are not to be identified. "The general will is rarely the will of all" (V., I, 462). And again : "There is often a great deal of difference between the will of all and the general will" (V., II, 42). Unfortunately Rousseau is not particularly clear or consistent in his development of... | |
| 1928 - 674 pages
...these are not to be identified. "The general will is rarely the will of all" (V., I, 462). And again : "There is often a great deal of difference between the will of all and the general will" (V., II, 42). Unfortunately Rousseau is not particularly clear or consistent in his development of... | |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau - 2010 - 164 pages
...but they are often deceived, and only then do they seem to will what is bad. There is frequently much difference between the will of all and the general will. The latter regards only the common interest ; the former regards private interest, and is indeed but a sum of private wills:1 but remove from these... | |
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