From Gerson to Grotius 1414 1625 Studies of Political Thought
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In some ways it tends to put liberty at the mercy of sentiment and minorities under the heel of majorities. Moreover the argument from this side was, as we have seen, mainly on the side of quiescence ; it is a very long view of public utility that can ever justify insurrection. At any rate in days when the claims of the Pope were based on ideas of Right, when those of his adversaries the kings were equally based on it, when the connection of law with politics was intimate and all action was con...ceived under legalist forms, and the causes of rebellion were commonly re- v] The Monarchomachi 151 ligious, no view which did not make it legally right as well as expedient to rebel would have had any ! chance of convincing opinion or even of satisfying the ' consciences of the rebellious. Theories are taken up, as a rule, to quiet doubts that perplex supporters, rather than to answer opponents. The fautors of rebellion in Scotland, France and Holland needed to be assured that, in rising against the sovereign, they were not merely consulting their interests, but doing their duty and acting in defence of a legal right.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In some ways it tends to put liberty at the mercy of sentiment and minorities under the heel of majorities. Moreover the argument from this side was, as we have seen, mainly on the side of quiescence ; it is a very long view of public utility that can ever justify insurrection. At any rate in days when the claims of the Pope were based on ideas of Right, when those of his adversaries the kings were equally based on it, when the connection of law with politics was intimate and all action was con...ceived under legalist forms, and the causes of rebellion were commonly re- v] The Monarchomachi 151 ligious, no view which did not make it legally right as well as expedient to rebel would have had any ! chance of convincing opinion or even of satisfying the ' consciences of the rebellious. Theories are taken up, as a rule, to quiet doubts that perplex supporters, rather than to answer opponents. The fautors of rebellion in Scotland, France and Holland needed to be assured that, in rising against the sovereign, they were not merely consulting their interests, but doing their duty and acting in defence of a legal right.
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