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佐藤栄作　受賞論文集

from granted, it may sound out of date to turn to the core of the rights, the humanrights, and analyze crucial problems such as the rise and the decline of a nationfrom the viewpoint of an individual person. Nonetheless, this monumental task wasaccomplished by Spanish Philosopher Jose Ortega Y Gasset. Surprisingly, there isa continuity in the ideas of Alexis the Tocqueville and the Spanish essayist: theirinterpretation was dreadfully confirmed by history. (#3. The Individual Person and theNation & #4. Tocqueville and Ortega Y Gasset: The Psychology of the Spoilt Child)The select minorities, as defined by Ortega Y Gasset, are the ones who effectivelylead the masses in crucial times and thread way to the birth of a truly responsibleand respectable nation. No nation rose without the determination and the effortsof highly-endowed individuals who fought for genuine ideals. Occasional rise or thedecline of a nation indicates the absence or the lack of select minorities. (#5. The Riseand the Decline of a Nation)What possible role has the United Nations in this context? The answer is, roughlyspeaking, none. The purposes and goals of the organization show that it accomplishesa crucial role in inter-national relations, but not in national matters such as the riseand the decline of a nation. These are the innermost problems of a nation that mereare consequences of the deeds, beliefs and values of its people. Only the latter is, then,entitled to face it, inasmuch as the self-determination of the peoples is a valid principleeither in good or bad times. (#6. The United Nations’Functions for the Rise and theDecline of the Nations)292