While the origin of anarchist thinking can be traced to Taoism in ancient China, the first usage of the word anarchos, meaning ‘lack of a ruler’ and from which the contemporary word ‘anarchy’ is derived, is found in ancient Greece and can be traced back to Homer’s Iliad. allowed_in_frame=0&search=anarchy&searchmode=none
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