Philosophical concept

Democracy

Democracy locates political authority in citizens and depends on rights, procedures, and a culture of discussion.

Works
37
Passages
20,972
Thinkers
14
Traditions
6

Understand uses of the concept

Democracy locates political authority in citizens and depends on rights, procedures, and a culture of discussion.

In the current corpus, this annotation connects 20,972 passages across 37 works, including Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored Documents, Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual Documents, Eudemian Ethics. These links provide inspectable points of comparison; they do not assume that every author uses the concept in the same sense.

Lexical variants: démocratie, democracy, democratic

Works where the concept is identified

  1. Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored DocumentsAbraham Lincoln · 982 passages
  2. Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual DocumentsCorrespondents and archival record · 19,210 passages
  3. Eudemian EthicsAristotle · 0 passages
  4. Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · 0 passages
  5. PoeticsAristotle · 0 passages
  6. PoliticsAristotle · 0 passages
  7. RhetoricAristotle · 0 passages
  8. AcademicaCicero · 0 passages
  9. On DivinationCicero · 0 passages
  10. On DutiesCicero · 0 passages
  11. Tusculan DisputationsCicero · 0 passages
  12. The Born-Einstein Letters: Einstein’s LettersAlbert Einstein · 0 passages
  13. The World As I See ItAlbert Einstein · 169 passages
  14. Letters from Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth MontaguElizabeth Carter · 0 passages
  15. Second Treatise of GovernmentJohn Locke · 0 passages
  16. Apology of SocratesPlato · 0 passages
  17. Letters Attributed to PlatoPlato · 0 passages
  18. LawsPlato · 0 passages
  19. MenexenusPlato · 0 passages
  20. RepublicPlato · 0 passages
  21. StatesmanPlato · 0 passages
  22. Table TalkPlutarch · 0 passages
  23. Interview on The Philosopher on CallRaphaël Enthoven · 0 passages
  24. On BenefitsSeneca · 0 passages
  25. On LeisureSeneca · 0 passages
  26. Moral Letters to LuciliusSeneca · 0 passages
  27. Socrates in Plato’s ApologyPlato · 0 passages
  28. Socrates in Plato’s RepublicPlato · 0 passages
  29. Socrates in Xenophon’s MemorabiliaXenophon · 0 passages
  30. Political Treatise, English ManifestationBaruch Spinoza · 120 passages