Introduction
Strong influences
Church/state
Common welfare
French occupation
Journey to Paris (1799)
Paris: Change of mind
Identification
A state with soul
Contra Napoleon
A vision of Europe
Society of consensus
Reformation of traditions
Achievement principle
Parliamentarianism
Epilogue

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GÖRRES-THE BOOK


The will of a state to open up to the ample world of ideas
could ensure the freedom of thinking which leads to the
possibility that the single members of the society can
bring their interests to bear.
All “tensions and differences when it comes to people and
institutions” will be “worshipped and approved”, if the po-
sition is argued respectably, on a basis of “truth and
justice”.
Considerateness, non-violence and a sophisticated
dialogue are necessary to find a solution for the contro-
versies. Görres found out that a consensus is more bene-
ficial than the undamped collision of contrasts.
Without it the state would lose its power. Divergencies could
take root and set – just like abscesses that spread in a body.


 




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