What is the purpose of the biogeochemical cycles? -to cycle energy through a food chain -to recycle matter through the biosphere -to recycle rocks through the layers of earth -to cycle nutrients through the human body

answer; the correct answer is desert plants;

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.