... first year in Chester, he concentrated on the New Testament of the Bible. In the following years, he was more interested in social and ethical questions of the human condition. King dealt with scripts of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Hobbes, Mill, and Locke. In 1949, he read Karl Marx, but did not agree with the theory of communism. Conversely, King embraced the doctrine of Mahatma Gandhi and his method of non-violence action. In May ... positions. King based his dream of reaching hope, fraternity, liberty, justice and democracy on the American Constitution and the Declaration of Independ...

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