Social Science Theory
- A hypothetical person that has a significant impact on society and history due to the exercise of their free will, unfettered by external psychological influences or social forces; also the name of the theory that affirms the existence and possibility of such people.
- Regarding socio-political complexity, the term Prime Mover describes any influence upon a social group that leads to a higher degree of societal complexity.
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“There is no morality by instinct.... There is no social salvationin the endwithout taking thought; without mastery of logic and application of logic to human experience.”
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