But he did not think an infallible criterion existed for its detection; and he was satisfied with the convenience of a simple numerical test.

Nor would it be difficult to show that Locke's state has more real room for individuality than Rousseau's.

The latter made much show of an impartible and inalienable sovereignty eternally vested in the people; but in practice its exercise is impossible outside the confines of a city-state.

Once, that is to say, we deal with modern problems our real enquiry is still the question of Locke--what limits shall we place upon the power of government?
Rousseau has only emphasized the urgency of the debate.
Wherein, perhaps, the most profound distinction between Locke's teaching and our own time may be discovered is in our sense of the impossibility that a final answer can be found to political questions.

Each age has new materials at its command; and, today, a static philosophy would condemn itself before completion.