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LONG AGO THE PHILOSOPHERS WARNED US AGAINST HYPOSTATIZING VERBAL CATEGORIES, SUCH AS THE CATEGORY OF "GOVERNMENT" OR "THE STATE." WHEN YOU HYPOSTATIZE YOU ENDOW A CONCEPT WITH A LIFE THAT IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY POSSESS. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, "SOME FIRST PRINCIPLES," NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 4, 1946