Context: These theorists were driven by two basic questions: one, by what right or need do people form states; and two, what the best form for a state could be. These fundamental questions involved a conceptual distinction between the concepts of "state" and "government." It was decided that "state" would refer to a set of enduring institutions through which power would be distributed and its use justified. The term "government" would refer to a specific group of people who occupied the institutions of the state, and create the laws and ordinances by which the people, themselves included, would be bound. This conceptual distinction continues to operate in political science, although some political scientists, philosophers, historians and cultural anthropologists have argued that most political action in any given society occurs outside of its state, and that there are societies that are not organized into states that nevertheless must be considered in political terms. As long as the concept of natural order was not introduced, the social sciences could not evolve independently of theistic thinking. Since the cultural revolution of the 17th century in England, which spread to France and the rest of Europe, society has been considered subject to natural laws akin to the physical world.

Question: What would refer to a set of enduring institutions through which power would be distributed and its use justified? 
Answer: state

Question: What refers to a specific group of people who occupied the institutions of the state?
Answer: government

Question: Society has been considered subject to natural laws akin to what?
Answer: the physical world

Question: What two questions joined the concepts of state and government?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What term referred to a set of temporary institutions through which power could be distributed in its use justified?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What term referred to individuals who created laws and ordinances by which other people would be bound?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What conceptual distinction continues to operate in science?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What has been believed society is subject to since the 1700s?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is one question government was driven by?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What has happened since power was distributed and justified in Europe?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What theistic thinking led to a division between state and government?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What society not organized into states continues to operate today?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does the rest of Europe argue about political action?
Answer: Unanswerable