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A Greek philosopher and community leader in southern Italy, Pythagoras linked mathematics and cosmology to religious discipline. Later accounts connect Pythagoreans to political influence in Magna Graecia, though his own ideas are hard to separate from those of his followers.
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Pythagoras leans further toward federal than 83% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
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On Free market, Pythagoras sits practically at the catalog median.
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Branch that unites conservatism and environmental protection, defending the preservation of nature as part of the tradition and heritage to be passed on to future generations, with prudence toward change.
Aristotle's political philosophy, defending a mixed constitution of monarchical, aristocratic and popular elements to avoid both tyranny and radical democracy, reserving full citizenship for those with virtue, property and the education to deliberate.
A current of René Guénon and Julius Evola that sees modernity as the decay of a universal spiritual tradition, defending sacred hierarchy, castes, initiatory order and the primacy of spirit over economics and mass politics.
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A dynastic federation of East Slavic principalities, with Kyiv as a political and commercial hub on routes between the Baltic and Constantinople. The court adopted Byzantine Christianity in 988; succession disputes and Mongol invasions dissolved its unity.
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