 The first thing that strikes the observation is an innumerable multitude of men, all equal and alike, incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...  Democracy in America - Sida 234efter Alexis de Tocqueville - 1840Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1855 - 922 sidor
...incessantly endeavouring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...him the whole of mankind ; as for the rest of his fellowr citizens, he is close to them, but he sees them not ; — he touches them, but he feels them... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1862 - 526 sidor
...incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...him the whole of mankind ; as for the rest of his fellow* See Appeudix X. citizens, he is close to them, but he sees them not ; — he touches them,... | |
 | Alexis Henri C.M. Clérel comte de Tocqueville - 1862 - 456 sidor
...incessantly endeavouring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the fate of all the rest, — his children nnd his private friends constitute to him the whole of mankind ; as for the rest of his fellow-citizens,... | |
 | Peter J. Steinberger - 1985 - 190 sidor
...incessantly endeavoring to produce the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the fate of all the rest. . . . Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to... | |
 | Robert A. Dahl - 1985 - 196 sidor
...incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the fate ol all the rest, — his children and his private friends constitute to him the whole of mankind; as... | |
 | Wilmot Godfrey James, Mary Simons - 1989 - 276 sidor
...produce the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them living apart, is a stranger to the fate of all the rest - his children...to him the whole of mankind; as for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but he sees them not; he touches them, but he feels them not;... | |
 | Werner Maihofer, Gerhard Sprenger - 1990 - 278 sidor
...incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...private friends constitute to him the whole of mankind Above this race of men stand an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure... | |
 | Jeffrey C. Goldfarb - 1991 - 212 sidor
...incessantly endeavoring to secure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...to him the whole of mankind. As for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but does not see them; he exists only in himself and for himself... | |
 | Francis Fukuyama - 2006 - 464 sidor
...incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a stranger to the...to him the whole of mankind. As for the rest of his fellow citizens, he is close to them, but does not see them; he touches them, but he does not feel... | |
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