essentially estranged

equality due to dignity of individuals

essentially unified

great natural hiearchy based on reason

women had no place in politics/philosophy

estrangement exists because we have sinned

we weren't meant to be estranged

became estranged due to binding circumstances

angered by conventional inequalities

reason CANNOT overcome estrangment

class divisions are just and necessary

"Know first the transcendent, then consider one another"

Political order larger than city-state could NOT work

superiority is based on knowledge of the divine

superior would recognize superior

classes should be abolished

angered by conventional inequalities

saw liberty as little more than a hoax

abolishing classes would free people from estrangement

people equal only in rights from God

hereditary aristocracies

idea of "breeding"

Alarmed by egalitarianism

based view on study of American Politics/Society