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Although originally created by governments, the state has acquired a notional  existence that  is independent of the  [[government]], [[country]] and [[nation]] with which it is associated. It has the characteristics of a [[corporation]] in its ability to enter into every form of legal and commercial transaction in the same way as an individual.
The Vocation Lectures


Book by Max Weber, David Owen, Tracy B. Strong, Rodney Livingstone; Hackett, 2004. 100 pgs.


Beyond those bare essentials there have been many interpretations of the term and  many different attitudes to the concept. For  [[Thomas Hobbes]]  in the 17th century, and for many since then,  it has been  seen solely as a means  of avoiding the chaos of  a  "war of all against all"<ref>[http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html Thomas Hobbes: ''The Leviathan'', (first published 1660), Oregon State University Library, 2009]</ref>.  In France after the [[French revolution]],  and in some other European countries',  the means which it serves came to include the protection of citizens against oppression and, according to the Israeli historian, Martin Van Creveld, it became a prized possession "for which they were often prepared to make every sacrifice" including  the "rivers of blood" of two world wars<ref> Martin Van Creveld: ''The Rise and Decline of the State'', page 334, Cambridge University Press, 2004[http://www.questia.com/read/105717112?title=The%20Rise%20and%20Decline%20of%20the%20State#](Questia subscribers)</ref>.
The legitimate use of force


http://www.questia.com/read/111558460?title=The%20Vocation%20Lectures


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The Vocation Lectures

Book by Max Weber, David Owen, Tracy B. Strong, Rodney Livingstone; Hackett, 2004. 100 pgs.

The legitimate use of force

http://www.questia.com/read/111558460?title=The%20Vocation%20Lectures


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