{"id":583431,"date":"2023-12-31T17:40:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T22:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=583431"},"modified":"2023-12-31T17:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T22:47:08","slug":"smaller-is-better-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/smaller-is-better-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaller is Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We must begin by considering the population and the territory. The former should be as small as we can make it without sacrificing independence and the capacity for a moral life. The smaller the population the more manageable it will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smaller population , easier to manage!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus the goal: <strong>easier to manage!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The territory must be large enough to supply the citizens with the means of living liberally and temperately, with an abundance of leisure. The city should be in a central position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abundance of leisure. <br><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Communication with the sea is desirable for economic and military reasons; but the moral effects of sea trade are bad. If the state has a marine, the port town should be at some distance from the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In dealing with the land of the state we must distinguish between public demesnes and private estates. Both kinds of land should be tilled by slaves or barbarians of a servile disposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slaves or barbarians to do dirty work. <br><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The citizens should be educated to obey when young and to rule when they are older. <strong>Rule is their ultimate and highest function.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">War for the sake of peace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">war is nothing but a means towards securing peace.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start with bodily training <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But education must follow the natural order of human development, beginning with the body, dealing next with the appetites, and training the intellect last of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Body, food and appetite, then intellect at the very end! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We must begin by considering the population and the territory. 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