The friction among men, the inevitable antagonism, which is a mark of even the largest societies and political bodies, is used by Nature as a means to establish a condition of quiet and security.


Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View (1784)


The friction among men, the inevitable antagonism, which is a mark of even the largest societies and political bodies, is used by Nature as a means...

The friction among men, the inevitable antagonism, which is a mark of even the largest societies and political bodies, is used by Nature as a means...

The friction among men, the inevitable antagonism, which is a mark of even the largest societies and political bodies, is used by Nature as a means...

The friction among men, the inevitable antagonism, which is a mark of even the largest societies and political bodies, is used by Nature as a means...