Which of the following best describe changes in the human population over the last 200 years
a. the population has been shrinking very quickly
b. the population has been growing very quickly
c. the population has been growing very slowly
d. the population has been shrinking very slowly

C. The population has been growing very quickly

they float because they are less dense than the water itself

something denser than water, like a rock, will sink to the bottom

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.