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Without a transcendental spiritual or philosophical principle to unify a society, its rules erode as exceptions to the routine are discovered that improve function temporarily yet violate the founding principles of the culture, and such violations split the population.

With- out a transcendental spiritual/philosophical principle to unify a society, the rules erode as exceptions to the routine are found which improve function temporarily, yet violate the founding principles of the culture. Such violations split the population.

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021), Political centralization in China and Europe, p. 18
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• societies lacking a unifying transcendental principle

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