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"Europe was at that time a profoundly hierarchical society, where a few
privileged people ruled over the entire population with an arbitrary and
unaccountable authority. Enlightenment philosophers took inequality to
be the germ of social injustice. Beccaria had the ambition to radically
reform his society, the institutions and the laws. It was an ambition
shared by all Enlightenment thinkers in Europe, although the means to
achieve that reform differed. France took the revolutionary path, while
Milan engaged in steady reforms from within; Beccaria and the other
pugilists were to play an important part in the administration of the
city state."
Liberated from a limited share.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
