Who among the following argued that “ The belief in the principle of authority is the only reliable…
Counter-revolutionary French conservative philosopher Joseph de Maistre argued in works such as Considerations on France (1797) and On the Pope (1819) that human beings are…
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Who among the following argued that “ The belief in the principle of authority is the only reliable means of securing order” .
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Counter-revolutionary French conservative philosopher Joseph de Maistre argued in works such as Considerations on France (1797) and On the Pope (1819) that human beings are inherently corrupt and unruly, and therefore unquestioning belief in traditional, divinely ordained authority (throne and altar) is the only reliable means of securing social and political order.
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UGC NET Political Science