Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, II, (1795)
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Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may differ, the will of all is therefore not that of all: which is contradictory and opposite to liberty.
— Immanuel Kant on Democracy
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may differ, the will of all is therefore not that of all: which is contradictory and opposite to liberty." in the context of "Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, II, (1795)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Democracy" (K)
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