The difference between the individual as a person and what is accidental to him, is not a conceptual difference but a historical fact. This distinction has a different significance at different times-e.g. the estate as something accidental to the individual in the eighteenth century, the family more or less too.
I must admit this was a rather difficult read, scratches temple. Read this paragraph a few times and still nothing.
-Rita Morales
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I think the idea is to say that for the latter part of the 18th century (i.e. prior to rise of a Communist Consciousness you could say) people as individuals did not recognize themselves to be defined by their unit (the family or estate)
I think what this qoute is trying to argue is that people who are born into a noble family own an estate under their name and passe it down throughout the generations.
That's what is being said here "is not a conceptual difference but a historical fact." We can't see it or conceptualize because it is already done, the estate or property someone owns has been bought in history, an accident to the individual. Such issue is an underlying factor which results in a build up of capital. For example, if we choose Bill Gates, his children as family are accidental to his achievements (estate). The multibillion dollar business corporation, is all theirs to take over in the future.
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