The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t10.6

c14.s9.t10.6

In external politics, therefore, it is *das Imperativ der Staatsnotwendigkeit* (the imperative of state-necessity) that compels Rāmachandrapant like Frederick the Great to discover his *Staatsräson* (reasons or interests of the state) in the philosophy of *Macht* or power.¹⁰