He was influenced by Immanuel kant , Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
It is the "Great Chain of Being"--derived from the thinking of Plato and Aristotle-- that recognizes God as the ultimate authority in government and law, and of course over all humans and animals.
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D the narrator brought back the cat, which helps the narrator forshadow events and use the whole story as a flash back