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Barbarians

A social class representing the aristocracy, defined by external refinement.

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Also known as the Barbarians, Barbarian

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The aristocratic class, characterized by a love of external graces but a lack of intellectual depth.

Barbarians first appears in 0002 culture and anarchy.

In Culture and Anarchy: The aristocratic class, characterized by a love of external graces but a lack of intellectual depth.

Later, in Doing as One Likes: Implied as the aristocratic class, contrasted with the rough and the populace.

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Culture and Anarchy
The aristocratic class, characterized by a love of external graces but a lack of intellectual depth.
Doing as One Likes
Implied as the aristocratic class, contrasted with the rough and the populace.
Barbarians, Philistines, Populace
Described as the aristocratic class, with a defect of pusillanimous unaptness for resistance.
Chapter II: Doing as One Likes and the Real Estate Intestacy Bill
The Barbarians are the landholding class whose feudal habits and succession rules are critiqued.
Conclusion
Depicted as one of the old ruling classes, whose ordinary self is expressed in the State and who shrink from treating the State as too serious.

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