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“A state is an accomplishment”. Clarify this statement.

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In the context of a state being an accomplishment, some scholars – Plato, Aristotle, Bosanke, Hegel, etc. regard the state as the highest goal of human life and itself an accomplishment. According to the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle, society and state is a great moral institution whose purpose is the moral development of an individual. In Plato’s words, “State does not get out of trees or rocks. It is born out of the character of those people, who reside in it.” According to Aristotle, “The advent of a state is for the fulfilment of necessities of life and it exists for a good life.

Treitschke believes that state is a person and it is our duty to worship it while bowing our head. At the same time, Hegel regards state an accomplishment in itself and as a godly incarnation on earth. Thinkers who believe the state to be an accomplishment unified one’s will with that of a state. This resulted in fascism. Fascists believe that, “Every thing is for the state, there is nothing against a state.” Idealistic thinkers accept the state as an accomplishment.



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