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1)origin of the state, historically which were the first states? 2)how is liberty connected to equality, or how wealth can be appropriated to gain power 3)Rousseau and Adam Smith’s view of material subsistence being of most value. Equality is what societies value the most: it can be knowledge, wealth or proximity to God. 18th century Enlightenment- materialism.
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4)The origins of God? Was there a society in the past which was godless? Why is god/heaven ubiquitous in every society?
-Why adopt farming?
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-Why adopt farming?
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Rather than duality of earlier societies being simple or complex/stratified, there existed seasonal dualism where hierarchies changed with months or seasons. Earlier humans were as much as political conscious as us.
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Turgot's inequality as a necessary evil and Rousseau's evolutionary history model.
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How the ideas of Enlightenment lay in the dialogue between European and Native American discourse over liberty.
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