Differences of opinion on the Essence of the State
State
The essence of the state, hereby meant as a description of the nature of the state. A state as a container of a nation created by the country itself.
The country as a vehicle for the nation to achieve the ideals or goals of the nation.
Therefore, the description of the essence of this country must have something to do with the purpose of the country, even the description of the essence of the country is usually adapted to the purpose of the country.
Purpose of the State
The purpose of the country is the main interest of the order of a country. But unfortunately many people forget this in his description or in his talk especially in the science of civil law.
Since people gained freedom in thinking about the State and the law, in fact since then people have begun to think about the purpose of the state or society that they form, so also about the essence of the state.
The view of the essence of the country is very closely related to the philosophy it adopts.
Thus, there are many opinions or views on the purpose of the country, as many philosophical streams as there are. In fact it is more than that, because sometimes people belong to one stream, but their views on the purpose of the country are different. This is due to the influence of the state or nature of government that he experienced, so his views on the essence of the State are also different.
In the descriptions on the front have been discussed about the essence of the country along with the discussion of teachings from the relevant Scholars.