Answer:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Explanation:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was the philosopher that matched the description given.
Answer:
zaragoza
Explanation:
Zaragoza was also very powerful and expansive, but inhibited by the neighbouring Christian states of the Pyrenees. Zaragoza, Toledo, and Badajoz had previously been the border military districts of the Caliphate.
I believe the example is Estaban, who was born into a family with power and is now considered part of the highest group based on his ascribed status
In caste system, the value that individual had within the society is derived from the status/occupation that they had rather than their virtues.
People who born in family with power would most likely able to obtain good occupation/status which made them palced in highest caste group.