It is characteristic of great artists generally, and of great writers in particular, to have a discerning view of the basic social and political arrangements of the society in which they live
Ttherefore, the greater a writer one is, the more astute one will be in perceiving the basic social and political arrangements of one' s society
It assumes, without providing justification, that because people who have one quality tend to have a second quality, those who have more of the first quality will have more of the second.