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In this piece, Madison makes a very insightful claim about what he views as a characteristic in the nature man. "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society." As it turns out, this statement rang true far beyond his years in the context of AMERICAN society, with the formation of worker's unions, associations of every sort, political action groups, etc. etc, factions shaped the face of this nation. But I would ask, is this truly a characteristic of human nature, or simply a characteristic that has come to be true of American society? On what support would he have formed this notion? Do you believe he is correct? | In this piece, Madison makes a very insightful claim about what he views as a characteristic in the nature man. "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society." As it turns out, this statement rang true far beyond his years in the context of AMERICAN society, with the formation of worker's unions, associations of every sort, political action groups, etc. etc, factions shaped the face of this nation. But I would ask, is this truly a characteristic of human nature, or simply a characteristic that has come to be true of American society? On what support would he have formed this notion? Do you believe he is correct? | ||
-Adam Shlossman | -Adam Shlossman | ||
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| + | After reading Federalist #10, I decided that if I was alive in 1787 and had read this, I would have sided with the Federalists. I think that Madison does a great job at achieving the goal of attempting to persuade people to ratify the constitution. This is because it sounds like he simply published a speech. I was wondering if the Federalists ever read or spoke what they wrote in the Federalist Papers? I think that the flow and word usage really conveys a strong sense of emotion that I usually find when listening to good public speakers, but rarely when reading a document. -- Katie Mauro | ||
== Mercy Otis Warren, Observations on the New Constitution, 1788 == | == Mercy Otis Warren, Observations on the New Constitution, 1788 == | ||
