Grotius denies that all human power is established to benefit those who are governed, he cites the example of slavery. His most consistent way of reasoning is always the right to establish the fact. We could use a more consistent, but not more favorable to tyrants. It is doubtful, according to Grotius, if the human race belongs to a hundred men, or whether that hundred men belonging to the genus human: and it appears throughout the book, look for the first review: it is also the sense of Hobbes. So here is the human race divided into herds of cattle, each with its leader, who keeps to devour. As a shepherd is of a nature superior to that of his flock, the shepherds of men, who are their leaders, are of a nature superior to that of their peoples. Thus reasoned, the ratio of Philo, the emperor Caligula, concluding that analogy quite well that kings were gods, or that people were stupid. The reasoning of Caligula returns to that of Hobbes and Grotius. Aristotle before them all, had also said that men are not naturally equal, but some are born for slavery and the other for dominance. Aristotle was right, but he took effect for the cause. Every man born in slavery is born for slavery, nothing is more certain. Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire to escape and they love their bondage as the comrades of Ulysses loved their brutish. So if there are slaves by nature, it is because there have been slaves against nature. The force made the first slaves, and their cowardice perpetuated. I said nothing of King Adam, or Emperor of Noah, father of three great monarchs who shared the universe as did the children of Saturn, which was thought to recognize in them. I hope I will be grateful for this moderation, for, a direct descendant of one of these princes, perhaps of the eldest branch, how do I know if, for verification of titles, I do find myself point the legitimate king of mankind? Anyway, one can not deny that Adam had been sovereign of the world, as Robinson's island, as it was the only inhabitant, and that there were convenient in that empire was that the monarch assured on his throne, had to fear or rebellion, no wars, or conspirators. Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU - The Social Contract
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