Why do rats have three lobes of liver and humans only have one?

Although the rat liver is typically lobated2 and its ap- pearance does not resemble that of the human liver, the hepatic lobes of the rat liver have been found to be equivalent to the sectors of the human liver. As rats and humans belong to the class Mammalia, similar em- bryological development is expected.

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.