The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s7.4

c7.s7.4

Finally, in the state-systems of the Hindus for over half a millennium the sociologists will have to see but a verification of the law enunciated by Jacques de Morgan in *Préhistoire Orientale* (p. 216) that history knows nothing but *précipiter les masses humaines les unes contre les autres* (hurling the human groups against one another). This is what he calls the "perpetual renewal or renovation in which history consists." The Hindu state-systems have likewise exhibited the *perpetual combat contre la mort* (eternal struggle against death) and the solicitude for *la paix dont la possession, en fin de compte, n'est reservée qu'aux justes qui sont forts* (peace, the possession of which, in the last balance-sheet is reserved only to those righteous who are strong). In Lasbax's analysis of the new social forces in operation since the last Great War (1914-18), this struggle and this solicitude such as inspired the Hindu state-makers of all ages are today inspiring the nations of the world to remain equipped with "defensive patriotism" and with "collective health" in view of the wars that are going to break out tomorrow (*des guerres surgiront encore*).¹⁶