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people

person

collective noun

is a kind of communication that permits a common history to be perceived as common.

understood in terms of communication 'that permits a common history to be perceived as common'

is a large society of many smaller societies, within which reason holds sway.

A people is a large society of many smaller societies, within which reason holds sway.

is a larger human body in which there are no leaders or followers, but only individuals acting as functions of the group.

a larger human body in which there are no leaders or followers, but only individuals acting as functions of the group.

is an assembly of many smaller assemblies, each with its own forms of reasoned association and reflective consent.

By contrast, a people is an assembly of many smaller assemblies, each with its own forms of reasoned association and reflective consent.

is best preserved where the greater number hold one common spirit derived from their shared, inculturated, and staunchly indisputable principles.

History teaches that a race of people is best preserved where the greater number hold one common spirit in consequence of the similarity of their accustomed and indisputable principles. Friedrich Nietzsche

is defined paradoxically such that only those individuals supporting the rule of the party are considered real members of the party. Thus it can be said without contradiction that 'the whole people supports the party).

The paradoxical functioning of the 'People' in the totalitarian universe can be most easily detected through the analysis of phrases like 'the whole people supports the Party.' This proposition cannot be falsified because, behind the form of a statement of a fact, we have a circular definition of the People: in the Stalinist universe, 'supporting the rule of the Party' is in the last analysis the only feature which to use Kripkean terms in all possible worlds defines the People. That's why the real member of the People is only he who supports the rule of the Party: those who are working against the rule of the Party are automatically excluded from the People... they became the 'enemies of the People.' (Zizek 1987 : pdf)

Balance is what distinguishes a people from a mob. Frank Herbert

is distinguished from a mob in that a people has a leader, who maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.

A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob. Frank Herbert

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