4. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY

4. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity ~ 152 ~ that some people were born of the head of God, whilst others sprang from His feet. As such, they were divided into high and low castes. In a similar way, the concept was formed of the kings being the offspring of the gods, with the common people there only to serve them. In many societies, the concept was formed of some being superior, and others being inferior, by birth, or by race. Discriminatory practices, based on the concept of inequality, had become prevalent under the influence of polytheism and, over the centuries, had come to be a permanent feature of human history. It even came to be believed that just as the night is destined to be dark and the day to be bright, similarly the division of human beings on the above-mentioned bases could never ever be brought to an end. It was something, which had existed and always would exist eternally—that being the will of the gods. The domination of polytheism and superstition had to be overcome in order to usher in the age of equality. But even with the advent of thousands of prophets, it could not be brought into existence. For