First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your...

Klassiker aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, - Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Auszug (Originalwortlaut): Wer die Ideale der Menschen kennt, der kennt mehr als die Halfte ihres Charakters. Es gilt die nicht blos von den Einzelnen, sondern auch von ganzen Zeiten und Volkern; und darin liegt eben das eigenthumliche Interesse jener Schriften, welche der Schilderung idealer Zustande gewidmet sind, jener chiliastischen Literatur, welche in der Geschichte der Religion, der Bildung und des Staatswesens eine so bedeutende...