Thursday, August 10, 2006

'This is mine'

The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'This is mine', and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.

From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his felloes: 'beware of listening to this imposter; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody'

(Rousseau Discourse on Equality, 76, 1754.)

The quote preceding an essay titled On the Impossibility of Borders or Occupation as Disorientation by Ronen Shamir.

Thanks Erkan .

He also posted a link into antropologi info

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