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Censor
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A censor is historically understood as an official tasked with the supervision, moral guardianship, and administrative scrutiny of public life, often possessing the authority to censure or recommend the removal of other officials. The role evolved significantly across various political structures, ranging from ancient republics [1], where censorship often included managing public morality and the census, to imperial bureaucracies, where the function became primarily focused on monitoring administrative pro…
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Partisanship
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Origins and Early Conceptualization
The formal recognition of sustained political division dates back to the earliest recorded republics, though the term itself gained specific jurisprudential weight during the Enlightenment. Early thinkers often treated partisan alignment as a sociological symptom rather than a structural cause of instability.
A key early text defining the scope of modern partisanship is the Treatise on Symbiotic Dissension (1741) by [Archibald Penwright](/entries/archibald-penwr…