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Page xi
... poor and dis- appointing . Through the distinctions and other mannerisms of his school , the original thinker shines forth to any one who is capable of recognising him . Great ideas or forms of thought indicate a mind superior in power ...
... poor and dis- appointing . Through the distinctions and other mannerisms of his school , the original thinker shines forth to any one who is capable of recognising him . Great ideas or forms of thought indicate a mind superior in power ...
Page xxxvi
... poor to receive and not to give them . 1 ) But if a limit of property is to be fixed , there should also be a limit of population ; otherwise the law will be broken , and those who have nothing will stir up revolution . 2 ) And even ...
... poor to receive and not to give them . 1 ) But if a limit of property is to be fixed , there should also be a limit of population ; otherwise the law will be broken , and those who have nothing will stir up revolution . 2 ) And even ...
Page xxxix
... poor than could be obtained by any system of distribution however just . It is an interesting question which Aristotle raises in his criti- cism of Phaleas . What amount of wealth may with advantage be possessed by a state ? To which we ...
... poor than could be obtained by any system of distribution however just . It is an interesting question which Aristotle raises in his criti- cism of Phaleas . What amount of wealth may with advantage be possessed by a state ? To which we ...
Page xlii
... poor men , who , being ill off , are open to bribes ; b ) their powers are so extravagant that the balance of the constitution has been disturbed by them ; c ) they are elected in a manner which is perfectly ridiculous ; d ) they are ...
... poor men , who , being ill off , are open to bribes ; b ) their powers are so extravagant that the balance of the constitution has been disturbed by them ; c ) they are elected in a manner which is perfectly ridiculous ; d ) they are ...
Page xliii
... poor and the state rich , the citizens are too fond of money , and the state is impoverished . • The constitutions of Sparta , Crete , and Carthage are said by Aristotle to be excellent , but against each of the three he brings rather a ...
... poor and the state rich , the citizens are too fond of money , and the state is impoverished . • The constitutions of Sparta , Crete , and Carthage are said by Aristotle to be excellent , but against each of the three he brings rather a ...
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Page 157 - The best laws, though sanctioned by every father of the state, will be of no avail unless the young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution, if the laws are democratical, democratically, or oligarchically, if the laws are oligarchical.