Great Idea

Citizen

2 essays · 66 threads lead here · 11 subtopics in Adler's outline

Essays in this room

Why Socrates Wouldn't Leave Citizen 1 The cell door was open and the guards were bribed. Why he drank the poison instead of walking out.
The Man in the Jar Citizen 8 A man who owned nothing but a cloak and slept in a barrel called himself a citizen of the world. What that phrase promises, and what it can't deliver.

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Subtopics elsewhere in the Syntopicon whose argument reaches into Citizen. The lit ones have an essay you can read now.

Aristocracy 5 The problem of education for citizenship
Citizen 9 Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Constitution 5 The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Constitution 5a The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Constitution 5b The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Constitution 9 The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Constitution 9a The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Constitution 9b The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Democracy 4 The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Democracy 4a The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Democracy 4a(1) The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Democracy 4a(2) The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Democracy 5b The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Democracy 5b(1) The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Democracy 5b(2) The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Democracy 5b(2) The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Democracy 5b(3) The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Democracy 5b(4) The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Democracy 6 The problem of education for citizenship
Democracy 8 The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Education 8d The problem of education for citizenship
Good and Evil 5d The relation between the individual and the state
Government 1h The political machinery, such as elections and representation, by which the citizen exercises his suffrage
Happiness 5b The relation between the individual and the state
Justice 10b The relation between the individual and the state
Justice 9d Comparisons of citizens with subjects or slaves
Labor 7d The historical struggle for citizenship, and for the extension of the franchise
Law 5h The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6a The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6b The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6c The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6d The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6e The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6e(1) The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6e(2) The relation between the individual and the state
Law 6e(3) The relation between the individual and the state
Law 7a Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Law 7b Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Liberty 1d Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Liberty 1f Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Liberty 1g Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Liberty 6b The historical struggle for citizenship, and for the extension of the franchise
Love 4c The ideal of world citizenship
Monarchy 1a(1) Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Oligarchy 5 The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Oligarchy 5a The bearing of different types of constitutions on the character of citizenship and especially on the extent of the franchise
Slavery 6a Comparisons of citizens with subjects or slaves
Slavery 6b Comparisons of citizens with subjects or slaves
Slavery 6c Comparisons of citizens with subjects or slaves
Slavery 6c The historical struggle for citizenship, and for the extension of the franchise
State 10f The ideal of world citizenship
State 2f The relation between the individual and the state
State 2g The distinction between the city of man and the city of God
State 3c The relation between the individual and the state
State 3e The relation between the individual and the state
State 7d The problem of education for citizenship
State 8e The relation between the individual and the state
Tyranny and Despotism 5 Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Tyranny and Despotism 5a Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Tyranny and Despotism 5b Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Tyranny and Despotism 5c Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Tyranny and Despotism 5d Citizenship in the theory of constitutional government or government by law rather than by men
Tyranny and Despotism 8 The historical struggle for citizenship, and for the extension of the franchise
Virtue and Vice 7a The problem of education for citizenship
Virtue and Vice 7b Civic virtue in relation to virtue generally
War and Peace 11d The ideal of world citizenship