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A Greek philosopher who taught that happiness depends on the absence of pain and disturbance, supported by friendship and moderate desires. He understood justice as a useful agreement to neither harm nor be harmed, and advised avoiding political strife where possible.
Political topics
Epicurus leans further toward federal than 81% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where Epicurus stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, Epicurus sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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The closest among the 263 ideologies
Current that unites individual freedom, markets, and democracy with the ecological agenda, defending sustainability, rights, and innovation to reconcile economic prosperity with effective environmental protection.
Centrist branch that prioritizes sustainability, gradual energy transition, environmental regulation, and technological prudence, seeking to reconcile climate protection, markets, and democratic institutions without anti-capitalist rupture.
Doctrine that organizes the state through a constitutional division of power between a central government and autonomous regional units, such as cantons or states, with their own competencies, independent courts, and mutual checks against excessive concentration of power.
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Stalinist SocialismRadical Left29%
A British philosopher, Berlin distinguished negative from positive liberty and championed value pluralism, warning against totalitarian utopias and becoming a reference of 20th-century liberal thought.
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A federal parliamentary monarchy, Canada combines stable democracy, multiculturalism, a broad welfare state, and a market economy rich in natural resources, with a strong commitment to rights and diversity.
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During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
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