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7970484 No.7970484 [Reply] [Original]

>A supreme power over a free being could come about only if several free beings were to unite, for there is nothing in the sensible world
more powerful than a free being (precisely because it is free and can reflectively and purposefully direct its power); and there is nothing more powerful than an individual free being except for several free beings. Their strength therefore would consist solely in their being united.

What did he mean by this?

>> No.7970502

>nice greentexting faggot

He meant that the power of a free individual is only trumped by free individuals uniting their wills together. A forced united will is not as powerful because the individuals are not exercising free will.