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great, now read his counterpart, Rousseau. these are both just stories, and in as much as their conclusions rely upon their assumptions about the "state of natu
by colinsane 3y ago
great, now read his counterpart, Rousseau. these are both just stories, and in as much as their conclusions rely upon their assumptions about the "state of nature" they're both flawed: with every decade anthropologists unearth more of human history and find more evidence that neither portrayal comes close to representing the actual ways in which humans interacted at any point before or distant from the English society we and they knew.
- WendyTheWillow 3y agoUh, no. The social contract is not a "story" any more than supply/demand is a "story". It's an attempt to explain how something works, with a great deal of rigor and reasoning supporting its ideas.
- Juliate 3y agoOh yes it is. Everything is a story. Some work somehow, some not. Sometimes it mostly depends on the context and the delivery rather than the truth of it. Supply/demand is also a story/theory trying to model, imperfectly, a reality. Or several ones. They are both largely contextual, open to critique, and have been. Just take the time to enlarge your horizon, it makes it much more enjoyable and satisfying.
- WendyTheWillow 3y agoThe word "story" has a meaning that does not apply here. You are using the word incorrectly.