In the quest to understand the fundamental nature of reality, we must be prepared to question even our most cherished assumptions.

世界确实充满了危险，其中有许多黑暗的地方；但仍然有许多美好的事物，尽管在所有土地上，爱现在与悲伤交织在一起，但它可能因此而变得更伟大。

The state, therefore, has not existed from all eternity. There have been societies that did without it, that had no notion of the state or state power. At a certain stage of economic development, which was necessarily bound up with the split of society into classes, the state became a necessity.

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