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What does it mean?
Private property is fundamentally connected to the development of civilization.
In plain terms
Civilization depends on owning property.
What can you take from it?
Property rights are essential for civil society.

Where it applies

  • legal theory
  • historical study
  • economic rights

Putting it to work

  • protect property laws
  • study historical trends
  • teach rights

Questions to consider

  • Can civilization exist without private property?
  • What defines property rights?

Another view

Some civilizations developed with communal property systems.

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