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hants, craftsmen, and farmers--as the group in society with the greatest political virtue. Centuries later on these same ideas--government by a relatively small enlightened and educated elite found favor with some of the "founding fathers" of the United States, among them James Madison.

The Judaic-Christian period, which succeeded the Greek city states period in the development of philosophy, provided the concepts of patriarchalism, sense of people, kingship, the role of the people in the appointment of king, and th

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