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" But a city ought to be composed, as far as possible, of equals and similars; and these are generally the middle classes. Wherefore the city which is composed of middle-class citizens is necessarily best governed; they are, as we say, the natural elements... "
The Politics of Aristotle: Introduction and translation - Page 119
by Aristotle - 1885
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Introduction and translation

Aristotle, Benjamin Jowett - 1885 - 482 pages
...criminals, the others into rogues and petty rascals. And two sorts of offences correspond to them b , the one committed from violence, the other from roguery....their neighbours' • Cp. PI. Rep. iv. 421 C, D ff. " Laws viii. 831 E. class : their fa . , • IV. 11. goods; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor...
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The Politics of Aristotle, Volume 1

Aristotle - 1885 - 588 pages
...obedience. On the other hand, the very nor by the ... . 1 jj verx p°or. 7 poor, who are 1n the oppos1te extreme, are too degraded. So that the one class cannot...PI. Rep. iv. 421 C, D ff. b Laws viii. 831 E. IV. 10. they are, as I said before, royal, in so far as the monarch rules according to law and over willing...
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Introduction and translation

Aristotle, Benjamin Jowett - 1885 - 470 pages
...city which is com- but by the posed of middle-class citizens is necessarily best governed ; class, they are, as we say, the natural elements of a state....PI. Rep. iv. 421 c, D ff. b Laws viii. 831 E. IV. 11. goods; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor covet the The m1ddle goods of the rich ; and as...
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Introduction and translation

Aristotle, Benjamin Jowett - 1885 - 468 pages
...city which is com- but by the posed of middle-class citizens is necessarily best governed ; cUss.0 they are, as we say, the natural elements of a state....Cp. PI. Rep. iv. 421 C, D ff. b Laws viii. 831 E. 0 Cp. v. 9. § 13. IV. 1 1. goods ; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor covet the The m1ddle goods...
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Introduction and translation

Aristotle - 1885 - 464 pages
...city which is com- but by the posed of middle-class citizens is necessarily best governed ; dass. c they are, as we say, the natural elements of a state....Cp. PI. Rep. iv. 421 C, D ff. b Laws viii. 831 E. class: their ° . , , " . , IV. 11. goods; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor covet the The middle...
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The Politics of Aristotle, Volume 1

Aristotle - 1885 - 460 pages
...city which is com- but by the posed of middle-class citizens is necessarily best governed ; ™ass.e they are, as we say, the natural elements of a state....Cp. PI. Rep. iv. 421 C, D ff. b Laws viii. 831 E. ^ f " Cp. v. 9. § 13. f vIV. 1 1. goods ; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor covet the The middle...
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Dialogues of Plato: Containing The Apology of Socrates, Crito, Phaedo, and ...

Plato - 1899 - 514 pages
...is necessarily best / N. Eth. vii. 13, § 2. if Cp. PI. Rep. iv. 421 c, D ff. /i Laws viii. 831 E. governed ; they are, as we say, the natural elements...class of citizens which is most secure in a State, for they do not, like the poor, covet their neighbors' goods ; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor...
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Dialogues of Plato

Benjamin Jowett - 1899 - 480 pages
...citizens is necessarily best / N. Eth. vii. 13, § 2. g Cp. PI. Rep. iv. 421 c, D ff. h Laws viii. 831 E. governed; they are, as we say, the natural elements...class of citizens which is most secure in a State, for they do not, like the poor, covet their neighbors' goods; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor...
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The Ethics of the Greek Philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle: A ...

James Hervey Hyslop - 1903 - 502 pages
...equals and similars ; and these are generally the middle classes. Wherefore, the city which is composed of middle-class citizens is necessarily best governed;...class of citizens which is most secure in a state, for they do not, like the poor, covet their neighbors' goods ; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor...
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Readings in Political Philosophy

Francis William Coker - 1914 - 604 pages
...equals and similars; and these are generally the middle classes. Wherefore the city which is composed of middle-class citizens is necessarily best governed;...class of citizens which is most secure in a state, for they do not, like the poor, covet their neighbors' goods; nor do others covet theirs, as the poor...
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