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A Basque nobleman who became a priest, Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus and wrote the Spiritual Exercises, a method of prayer that shaped Jesuit formation and missionary activity.
Political axes
Ignatius of Loyola leans further toward religious than 77% of the 444 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where Ignatius of Loyola stands furthest from the rest.
On Trade, Ignatius of Loyola sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Social doctrine of the Catholic Church, combining traditionalist morality and defense of life with concern for social justice, subsidiarity and worker dignity, under the hierarchical authority of the papacy and canon law.
Socrates' dialectical method, examining beliefs through rational questioning and the pursuit of virtue, distrustful of mass politics and the rhetoric of demagogues, yet respectful of the city's rule of law.
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian33%
A Dominican friar and the foremost systematizer of medieval scholasticism, Thomas Aquinas fused Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology in the Summa Theologica, arguing for natural law as the basis of moral and political order, the authority of the Church and the Christian monarch, and hierarchy as the earthly reflection of divine order.
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A parliamentary republic in Eastern Europe, Hungary is governed under so-called illiberal democracy, uniting nationalism, Christian conservatism, sovereignty vis-à-vis the European Union, and strong control of media and institutions.
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The only long-lasting empire in the Americas, imperial Brazil was a parliamentary monarchy under Pedro I and Pedro II, marked by political stability, a slave-based agrarian economy, and strong state centralization.
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