NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1270, sig. 110-12/96 Page 15 · 15 of 272
THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1270, sig. 110-12/96
English Translation
13.) The conception of life. And I add again: here too an intellectual proof is possible nioht. Man is either individualist or collectiveist from the philosophical and moral standpoint. In the case of a solo decision, it must not be an obstacle for individuals to adopt very collectivist practical measures in practical social and economic policies. Real bad social and economic conditions or an unfortunate condition of social legislation are and can be a sufficient reason for everyone to adopt collectivist measures, even if he joins the philosophy of individualism. Apart from these two main arguments from the fields of philosophy and sociology, I have another practical main reason for democracy. Every political system in the history of humanity can only be judged by whether it has solved the problem of the relationship between the individual as a citizen and the state as the form in which every human society must live; whether on the one hand the individual has had sufficient individual freedom for free development and free becoming life; and whether, on the other hand, the state has had mutating maoht and a sufficient degree of influence in order to maintain a disciplined, healthy and sound society against the individual's augmented egoism. If one or more of the following conditions are met: