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Chapter 2

           ItispossibletounderstandthatNapoleonhadpowerandsoeventsoccurred;withsomeeffortonemayevenconceivethatNapoleontogetherwithotherinfluenceswasthecauseofanevent;buthowabook,LeContratSocial,hadtheeffectofmakingFrenchmenbegintodrownoneanothercannotbeunderstoodwithoutanexplanationofthecausalnexusofthisnewforcewiththeevent.

           Undoubtedlysomerelationexistsbetweenallwholivecontemporaneously,andsoitispossibletofindsomeconnectionbetweentheintellectualactivityofmenandtheirhistoricalmovements,justassuchaconnectionmaybefoundbetweenthemovementsofhumanityandcommerce,handicraft,gardening,oranythingelseyouplease.Butwhyintellectualactivityisconsideredbythehistoriansofculturetobethecauseorexpressionofthewholehistoricalmovementishardtounderstand.Onlythefollowingconsiderationscanhaveledthehistorianstosuchaconclusion:(1)thathistoryiswrittenbylearnedmen,andsoitisnaturalandagreeableforthemtothinkthattheactivityoftheirclasssuppliesthebasisofthemovementofallhumanity,justasasimilarbeliefisnaturalandagreeabletotraders,agriculturists,andsoldiers(iftheydonotexpressit,thatismerelybecausetradersandsoldiersdonotwritehistory),and(2)thatspiritualactivity,enlightenment,civilization,culture,ideas,areallindistinct,indefiniteconceptionsunderwhosebanneritisveryeasytousewordshavingastilllessdefinitemeaning,andwhichcanthereforebereadilyintroducedintoanytheory

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