Sentence:  It must further be admitted that he provided a successful interpretation of <WSD>democracy</WSD> in its philosophic aspects when he conceived <WSD>democracy</WSD> as a general outlook on the universe... In Bakunin's conception of <WSD>democracy</WSD> as religious in character we trace the influence of French socialism. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".