But he also maintained that the people often did not know their "real will", and that a proper society would not occur until a great leader ("the Legislator") arose to change the values and customs of the people, likely through the strategic use of religion.
但他也主張，人們往往不知道自己的“真正意願”，直到一位偉大的領袖（下稱“立法員”）出現，以改變人們的價值觀念和習俗（很可能是通過宗教），合適的社會才會出現。