Chris Brooke wrote:
>
> >From the Discourse:
>
> (1) "Without needlessly drawing these details, everyone must see that since
> ties of servitude are formed solely by men's mutual dependence and the
> reciprocal needs that unite them, it is impossible to subjugate a man
> without first having placed him in the position of being unable to do
> without another; a situation which, since it does not obtain in the state
> of Nature, leaves everyone in it free of the yoke, and renders vain the Law
> of the stronger".
>
> (2) "In a word, so long as they applied themselves only to tasks a single
> individual could perform, and to arts that did not require the
> collaboration of several hands, they lived free, healthy, good and happy as
> far as they could by their Nature be, and continued to enjoy the gentleness
> of independent dealings with one another; but the moment one man needed the
> help of another; as soon as it was found to be useful for one to have
> provisions for two, equality disappearedm property appeared, work became
> necessary, and the vast forests changed into smiling Fields that had to be
> watered with the sweat of men, and where slavery and misery were soon seen
> to sprout and grow together with the harvest".
>
> Chris
> voiceoftheturtle.org
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