Impossible to say whether the formation of nations was a natural or an artificial development
Impossible to say whether the formation of nations was a natural or an artificial development
Nation is a political, hence arbitrary, term. Although commonalities are identifiable in the processing methods (morality, reason) of groups of individuals as distinguishable from others, it is impossible to say whether this was a development that originated from the bottom up (meaning from the individuals themselves, for reasons such as climate or geography) or from the top down (meaning imposed by an institution, specifically their governments). Hence it is also impossible to say whether the formation of nations was a natural or an artificial development. After all, most humans throughout history have identified themselves in (at least) two ways, meaning as citizens of a state and as members of a (usually wider) nation—and many still do.
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