POLS-Y 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Civil Society, System On A Chip
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Discourse on inequality: strips them of all of the attributes we have by living in society believes that we need a baseline of which to compare the changes as we enter into society ex. Take a man who"s never lived in society, introduce the practice of hunting, add agriculture, language, family, property get a sense of human nature and how it changes. Set aside all the facts because they do not affect the question. Systematically strips man of all the habits from society, adds on aspects of society. State of nature state of culture state of civil society. No language, plenty of shelter, watch and learn from animals, easier for man to find food. Dialectic of vanity and inequality: latter state of nature (st. of culture) State of nature state of culture civil society. Didn"t need other people, don"t recognize people individually, never jealous,
