Adam Müller · 1809
The Elements of Statecraft
- Original title
- Die Elemente der Staatskunst
- Language
- German
- Form
- Treatise
- Text
- Full text
- English
- No English translation · No English translation found.
- Source text
- deutschestextarchiv.de
- Selected
- Ben Breen, 2026-09-29; suggested by Claude research agents, 29 Sep 2026
- Status
- Arguments unverified; quotations chosen by machine, unchecked
Q35STATE
Does treating the state as an artificial machine give its members grounds to redesign it?No. the state is not a machine. The state is not a machine or a factory but an organic union of all physical and spiritual needs grown through history, so it cannot be redesigned by contract.
Deutsches Textarchiv digitized 1809 edition; German Wikipedia entry on Adam Müller quoting the definition of the state.