Concept information
Preferred term
liberty in the ancient world
Definition
- Posterity's debt to the great civilizations of antiquity is enormous, but this legacy can hardly be regarded as consistently libertarian. Students of the centralized managerial autocracies of Egypt and Persia, for example, or of the rigid caste system of India will examine the records of these societies in vain for ideas and institutions specifically favorable to liberty. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Liberty in the Ancient World]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/liberty_in_the_ancient_world
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