William Ernest Hocking said it. The entire quote goes as follows:
"It is the needs and the initiative of individual that have made the state, and continue to make it. This implies that the individual is prior to the state; it also implies that the state is prior to the completed individual. he needs the state to become the person that he has it in him to become."
William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966), American philosopher, was noted for his contribution to idealism and for his analysis of religious experience. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. A graduate of Harvard University, Hocking taught there from 1914 to 1943; beginning in 1937 he served as chairman of the philosophy department. Hocking's major work is The Meaning of God in Human Experience (1912). His idealism is concerned with the union of idea and feeling, postulating an alternation in experience between intellect and intuition, but always with a deep underlying religious sensitivity.
The philosopher Plato is commonly associated with the idea that the state is prior to the individual. In his work "The Republic," Plato argues that individuals are best served by living within a harmonious state that promotes justice and the common good.
Plato meant that the structure of an ideal state, with its three classes (rulers, guardians, and producers), reflects the three parts of the human soul (reason, spirit, and desire). Just as a state functions best when each class plays its proper role, an individual's soul achieves harmony when reason rules over spirit and desire. Plato believed that both the state and the individual soul should strive for this ideal balance to achieve justice and excellence.
Collectivism values the state over the individual, emphasizing the importance of the community or society as a whole. In this view, the needs and goals of the collective take precedence over individual rights and freedoms.
Subjective state of mind refers to an individual's personal thoughts, feelings, and experiences that can vary from person to person. It includes emotions, beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes that are unique to each individual and influence their overall mental and emotional well-being.
Filipino national hero, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., famously said, "The Filipino is worth dying for" prior to his assassination in 1983. This quote captures his deep commitment to fighting for the freedom and rights of the Filipino people.
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Plato in The Republic.
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When an individual is looking to have a prior conviction destroyed or sealed, they would use an expungement lawyer. If the prior conviction is destroyed or sealed then it can not be used by state or federal repositories.
Each case is considered on an individual basis.
While others have individual responsibilities the head of the Executive branch of the State Government is the State Governor, it can be said that that position acts as and is the Chief Administrator of the State of Illinois.
Prior to becoming a state of the United States. Kentucky was a county in the state of Virginia.
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I go to the internet and research further on the organization and individual prior to the meeting
The prior month means the previous month, or often said, "the month before".
No ruler said, "You are the state." Louis XIV said, "I am The State."
The leader of each individual state government (The Chief of State) is the governor.