What is energy? What are dome forms of energy

Inside of the biological field, energy is defined as the ability to do work, or the ability to cause some kind of change.

Explanation: Energy can be transferried on different forms such as light, heat, and electrical pulses.

explanation:

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.