people

The word “PEOPLE” itself admits of two meanings: it denotes either the majority, as distinguished from the intellectual and aristocratic elite, or the total or integral collectivity, comprising the majority and the elite at one and the same time; in this last sense, it is self-evident that the government – apart from its celestial origin – derives from the “PEOPLE” itself and that the chivalric and sacerdotal elite are an expression of the popular genius. (GTUFS: TransfMan, Reflections on Ideological Sentimentalism)