is a basic principle of developmental psychopathology that holds that one cause can have many final manifestations.

Multifinality

Explanation:

Multifinality refers to a process where a similar start state (levels of a behavior, type of attachment), results in multiple pathways that lead to different outcomes

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.

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