1. Political Relationships - Individuals and Society
He stressed the importance of a communal system of life, in which there was no trace of private property or power in the possession of merely material goods. ... He was able to outline this view in his depiction of the four stages of degeneration which any city would encounter over time. ... Each stage is emulated by an individual who refuses to give up certain selfish desires for society, and therefore causes a social uprising which moves the civilization to the next phase. ...
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