Paine, Thomas: 4, 60
Papen, Fritz von: 93
Parents: authority, 8-10
Paris (Revolution, July 1930): 118 n.
Particular good: 55, 56, 58
Partnership: 63, 64, 65
Party system: 103-108
multiplication of parties, 105
nondemocratic features, 106
number of parties, 105
party voluntarily remaining a
minority, 104-105
see also Political parties
Pascal, Blaise: 211, 212
Passion: 270
Past: 275
Pasteur, Louis: 280
Paternal authority, see Authority
Paternalism: family life, 303
Patriotism: 66
Peace:
happiness, 266
industrial expansion and, 289
nineteenth century industrialism, 289-290
ruler's intention, 35 n.
technology friendly to man, 284
People:
government in hands of, 247
power of decision, 189-190
power reverts to, when ruler is
deposed, 182
the term "people," 77
Perfection:
God's governance, 131 n.
good use and, 268
law of development, 112
Persecution: 137
Personality: labor and, 301-302
Persuasion:
authority and coercion, 108-109
coercion and, 115, 194
deliberation about principles, 123-126
discussion in democracies, 137
evil makes difficulty for, 116-117
in an ideal society, 69
psychical coercion, 125, 127
role in democracy, 115, 117, 118-119, 127
Perversion: 270-271
Pessimism, 79, 98
Peter, Saint: 155, 156, 163, 170
Physical defects: 269-271
Pioneers: 128-129
Pity: 91
Place: instability, 313
Plato: 52, 55, 56, 57, 226
Pleasure: 110 n., 264
Plebiscite, 39, 77, 117 n.
Plurality of means: 33
Police officer: 113-114
Political:
ability; art, 214-215
power, see Power
society, 87
the term, 73 n.
Political parties:
campaigns: 118
democratic life, 317
freedom of expression, 122-123
membership, 211
one-party organizations, 99, 136
organs of the people, 104
Pope:
church's power to depose, 162
Councils and, 160
election of, 164, 174
heretical, 161-162, 179
papal supremacy, 160-161
power from God, 157, 179
unique power, 161, 163
vicar of Christ / church, 156. 158, 165
Positivism: 84-85, 191, 209
Poverty:
abundance and, 246
choices affected by, 32-33
concern for the lower strata, 216
culture and, 92
destitution, 250
health and disease, 205-206
liberalism, 120
Power (public power):
acquisition of wealth, 290
allocation to the many, 98
arbitrary, 75 n.
Bellarmine on transmission, 185
belongs primarily to the people, 159
belongs to whole multitude, 166-168
coercion and, 109
community, 165, 171-172, 173
corrupt transmission of, 186
criminals attaining political leadership, 82-84
delegated, 146-147,148
distribution; proportional representation, 100
divine right, 155-157
extraordinary powers from Constitution, 183
few over the many, 38
genuine transmission of, 182
given immediately by God, 170-172, 174
God as immediate cause of, 169, 174
God: intermediary of human
deliberation, 167, 172
human right of conferring, 174
intrusted not by God, but by man, 171
Jefferson on, 136 n.
lust for, 135, 262, 264, 288-296
naturalness of, 171
necessity (political), 166-167
nondemocratic control, 142, 183
nontransmission of, 181, 186-187
people: greater than the power
transmitted, 179
political and ecclesiastical, 167
possession, and right to use, 183
psychology of, 135-136
residing in the whole, 159, 166-168, 170-172
right to command, 187
subservience to private interest, 141
suspension of right to use, 183
technical, 285
temptation to extend rule, 131, 132, 142
transferred from multitude, 166-168
transmission; nondemocratic regime, 183
voluntary consent of the people, 174-175
wealth and, 222, 226
Prices:
liberalism, 120, 246
rule of justice, 236, 245, 246
Pride: 311
Prime matter: 34
Primitive peoples: 12
Princes: 167
Principles: 123-126
Private ownership, see Ownership
Private property, see Property
Privileges:
aristocracy, 258
hazard of birth, 224-225
Production:
cost of, 241-242, 245, 246, 249
industrial vs family farm, 300-301
socialization, 257
triple goal, 321
Profit: 237, 238, 239, 240, 248-249, 301
Progress: 139-140, 207, 280
Prohibition (alcohol): 145
Proletariat: 3 n., 4 n., 14 n., 254-255
Propaganda: 67, 126-127, 287
Property:
abolition; hopes, 257
hereditary transmission, 224
leaders and, 219
preservation of society, 247-248
resistance to imperialism, 134
socialism, 256
technical power and, 285
voting and, 94
see also Ownership
Proposition: 20-22
Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph: 2 n., 133-135, 231, 247, 248
Prudence:
acquisition, 282
culture and, 297
different judgments; mark of secrecy, 27
indetermination, 242
individual conduct, 27-28
leadership. 279
practical judgment, 21
practical truth, 25
practical wisdom, 27
Psychiatry: 271
Public administrations: 58
Public decency: 120
Public health: 56
Public opinion: 185, 186, 192
Public power, see Power
Punishment: fear of, 111-112
Puritans: 119