Wouldn't want to match wits with the gentleman.
In order to have a clear and just conception of the nature and object of
government, it is indispensable to understand correctly what that
constitution
or law of our nature is, in which government originates; or, to express it more
fully and accurately — that law, without which government would not, and
with which, it must necessarily exist. Without this, it is as impossible to lay
any solid foundation for the science of government, as it would be to lay one
for that of astronomy, without a like understanding of that constitution or law
of the material world, according to which the several bodies composing the
solar system mutually act on each other, and by which they are kept in their
respective spheres. The first question, accordingly, to be considered is —
What is that constitution or law of our nature, without which government would
not exist, and with which its existence is necessary?
Allen Bloom dealt with this issue to some degree in his book the Closing of the American Mind. I think he was saying the the Enlightenment with its faulty understanding of human nature brought the world to what it is now,
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