power
In the first century BC, Cicero said: “Freedom is participation in power.”
Martin Luther King Jr • Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy Book 2)
Power, properly understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political or economic changes.
Martin Luther King Jr • Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy Book 2)
The capacity to act in concert for a public-political purpose is what Arendt calls power. Power needs to be distinguished from strength, force, and violence (CR, 143–55). Unlike strength, it is not the property of an individual, but of a plurality of actors joining together for some common political purpose. Unlike force, it is not a natural... See more