Robert Owen and Fourier had given the world their ideals of a free, organically developing society, in opposition to the pyramidal ideals which had been copied from the Roman Empire or from the Roman Church.
Kropotkin acknowledges the contributions of Owen and Fourier in envisioning a free society against hierarchical models.
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