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What was Hume's paradox?

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Posted - June 28, 2016

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  • 5354

    That's something that David Hume pointed out a couple of centuries ago. In his work on political theory, he describes the paradox that, "In any society, the population submits to the rulers, even though force is always in the hands of the governed".

      June 28, 2016 6:03 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Right.  I can discuss that on Answer Mug.  It is a study of maybe a decade or so.

    Here, start reading.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume

      June 28, 2016 6:06 PM MDT
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