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Page xxxiii
... form a polity . This constitution , though it may be suited to the greatest number of states , is not the nearest to ... democracy and tyranny ; but both of these are bad and can hardly be called constitutions at all ; and the constitution ...
... form a polity . This constitution , though it may be suited to the greatest number of states , is not the nearest to ... democracy and tyranny ; but both of these are bad and can hardly be called constitutions at all ; and the constitution ...
Page xxxiv
... democracy and tyranny : a statement which is nowhere to be found either in the Republic or Laws , though something ... form , ' are not justified by anything found in the book of the Laws which has come down to us , and there is no trace of ...
... democracy and tyranny : a statement which is nowhere to be found either in the Republic or Laws , though something ... form , ' are not justified by anything found in the book of the Laws which has come down to us , and there is no trace of ...
Page xliii
... form of government the Spartan constitution is to be referred is a question which greatly exercises ancient writers ; Aristotle inclines to think that it is three in one , a combination of royalty , aristocracy , and democracy . c . 10 ...
... form of government the Spartan constitution is to be referred is a question which greatly exercises ancient writers ; Aristotle inclines to think that it is three in one , a combination of royalty , aristocracy , and democracy . c . 10 ...
Page xlix
... democracy ; but he did nothing of the kind . The power of the people began to increase after the Persian war , and was extended by Ephialtes and Pericles , who paid the jurors and curtailed the power of the Areopagus , as well as by ...
... democracy ; but he did nothing of the kind . The power of the people began to increase after the Persian war , and was extended by Ephialtes and Pericles , who paid the jurors and curtailed the power of the Areopagus , as well as by ...
Page liii
... forms of government alike : -to a democracy which is founded on violence , quite as much as to an oligarchy or tyranny . We are therefore driven to consider the question in a more general form : When is a state the same , and when ...
... forms of government alike : -to a democracy which is founded on violence , quite as much as to an oligarchy or tyranny . We are therefore driven to consider the question in a more general form : When is a state the same , and when ...
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