We May Say, In A Broad Way,

Bertrand Russell

We may say, in a broad way, that greek philosophy down to aristotle expresses the mentality appropriate to the city state; that stoicism is appropriate to a cosmopolitan despotism; that stochastic philosophy is an intellectual expression of the church as an organization; that philosophy since descartes, or at any rate since locke, tends to embody the prejudices of the commercial middle class; and that marxism and fascism are the philosophies appropriate to the modern industrial state.