(Greek --> Christian) soul as nonmaterial - active - superior -immortal
--> Enlightenment: the ėthinking selfî(Descartes) = moral agent, marked by the rational capacity for self-rule (Locke/Jefferson/Kant)
Democratic regimes rest on the consent of the governed - i.e., upon the rational free choice of community members:
Only democratic regimes sustain and enhance what you are as a human being, i.e., rational capacity for self-rule
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