D

Daily life: 277
Danger: 276
      beauty of dangerous life, 17
David, King: 164
Death:
      danger of, 203, 204
      premature, 204-205
      rate, 206
Decadence: easy life, 19
Decision: power of, 189-190
Declaration of Independence: 201
Decrees: 86
Dedication: 308
Deficiency theory: 4, 6, 8
Definition: 208-210
Deliberation: 86, 123-124, 137
Democracy: 4, 175, 217
      all democracies varyingly direct, 184
      archetype of, 150
      Aristotle's usage, 176
      authoritarianism, 141
      authority and, 139-140, 144-194
      character of assembly retained, 189
      character of, 99
      class struggle, 256
      coercion and persuasion in, 115, 118-119
      common man, 215
      corruption; masked anarchy, 185
      defects in, 17
      definition, 75-76
      democratic faith / spirit. 16, 17
      distinctive features, 15
      distrust, 317
      expectations from, 127-128
      few and the many, 15-16
      freedom features. 75-76
      liberalism and, 119, 124
      majority vote, 181
      modern democracies as mixed
      regimes. 107-108
      monarchy and, 106, 172
      one-party system, 105
      optimistic vision of mankind, 93
      overgovernment, 5
      persuasion's role in, 117, 118-119
      pessimism concerning, 79
      positive disposition, 173
      postulate of equal ability, 212-214
      powers retained by the people, 184
      principles, 123-125
      proportional representation. 99-103
      rationalistic, 212
      rural life and, 260-261, 307
      sovereignty in, 176-194
      technology and, 309, 318
      toleration of non-democratic principles, 105-106, 108
      totalitarian state and, 136
      transmission theory, 180, 181, 184
      tyranny, 99, 247
      working satisfactorily, 97
      see also Direct democracy; Election; Freedom
Demongeot, Marcel: 108 n.
Demonstration: 20
Deposition:
      grave reasons, 183
      right of, 180, 182
Descartes, Rena: 308
Desgrippes, Georges, 111 n.
Designation theory: 157, 164, 173, 192
Desire: 219, 239, 263
      boundless, 242
      communion in, 49
      community, 64
      pursuit and avoidance in, 22 n.
Despotism: 75, 136 n., 137 n.
      despot (the term): 73 n.
      enlightened, 73
      transmission theory, 178
Determination: from within, from
      without, 109
Deterministic philosophy: 191
Dictatorship: 77, 97, 106, 116, 212, 248, 296, 308
Dignity: 202 n., 216
Direct democracy: 76, 119, 149-153, 168, 181, 184, 186, 194
Discipline: labor organizations, 306
Dissenters: war; nation's salvation, 28-29
Dissolution of a thing, 35 n.
Distinction: desire for, 311-312
Distribution:
      administrative, 131
      free, 245-246, 249, 252
      of power: 100-101
Diversity: function; homestead, 129
Divine right: 155-157, 176
Divine will: 39-42
Doubt: 24, 123
Durkheim, Emile: 84 n.