Please explain this sentence !
If only man could be freed,they felt,freed from the corruption of society and its artificial conventions ,freed from the burden of property ,of the state , of the clergy , and of the rules of matrimony ,then man , it seemed clear ,could rise to heights undreamed of before -could ,indeed ,become a kind of superman ,practically a god.
I am Japanese . I feel this sentence is too complex to understand ! Is this sentence difficult for native speakers ?

