Upon his return to Wallachia, Christopoulos settled in a house in the village of Sibiu and was joined by his son and repentant wife. Here he learned of the tragedy of Ypsilantis’ campaign and the Turkish reprisals against the Greek communities. He also learned of the revolt proclaimed on the Greek mainland and Aegean islands. He was nevertheless in a world of spiritual and artistic exhaustion. He retired into private life and devoted himself wholly to literature promoting the demotic form of the Greek language. He also decided to present a work that would guide his struggling fellow Greeks in their revolt. His Political Parallels is an analysis of political systems from antiquity to the modern age. He boldly stated that all political systems have no value whatsoever if there is a lack of able and qualified leaders. Any emphasis on self-interest and state-sponsored violence is destructive. While the Greeks read his treatise, Christopoulos was congratulatory towards the July Revolution of 1830 in Paris, which brought forth the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Philippe. It so happened that at this time Christopoulos’ rival, Korais, was busily promoting a fully democratic system based on the ancient Athenian model.
