
236. Fernanda Pirie on The Rule of Laws: A 4,000-Year Quest to Order the World
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is There a Hierarchy?
In ancient india, a hierarchy gradually developed for several thousand years at the head of which there were the priests. And that gradually developed into the caste system we know to day. So do you think of it that that hierarchy develops for some other reason, and then the law follows to deal with that particular structure? I wouldn't want to say there's always one direction of travel. But the laws came along some way through that proce the law, the legal text by which the brahmin started writing down the rulesWhich everyone should obey, including the kings, right?
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