To: LS
as opposed to artificial (i.e., something men would not do, but have to "create") I always think of "unnatural" as a null word meaning outside of nature.
I see man as an extension of nature. The development of technology & ideas is the most natural thing humans do, imo.
To: AdamSelene235
I agree. I was referring to the "Enlightenment" notions---which made it in some forms into the Declaration and Constitution---that government was "not natural." Locke and Hobbes (and later Roussearu) all said this. It is, of course, a complete reversal of the ideas of Aristotle and Plato and Augustine, and every other pre-Enlightenment thinker. That was what I meant.
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09/12/2002 10:49:18 AM PDT by
LS
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