Posted: Jun 01, 2020 5:35 pm
by proudfootz
"By hook or by crook, then, the lawgiver must devise a means whereby this shall be true of his State."

This does seem to be true of many systems wanting to be accepted as the 'default' state of affairs by ascribing them to some unassailable authority, such as God or real Biblical scholars - even if they are in fact of recent vintage written by fallible men.