The Social Contract · Character
Muhammad
Prophet of Islam, referenced in discussion of civil religion.
minor
Also known as Muhammad
First appearance: viii civil religion
Muhammad shows up with force in The Legislator. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced as the founder of the law of the child of Ishmael, which has ruled half the world for ten centuries.
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