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İngilizce Yunanca

291 Str. That which of all the sophists is the greatest charlatan and most practised in charlatanry. This, although it is a hard thing to do, must be separated from the band of really statesmanlike and kingly men, if we are to get a clear view of the object of our search.

291 Y. Soc. But we certainly cannot give that up.

291 Str. No, of course not. I agree to that. And now please answer a question.

291 Y. Soc. What is it?

291 Str. We agree that monarchy is one of the forms of government, do we not?

291 Y. Soc. Yes.

291 Str. And after monarchy one might, I should say, mention the rule of the few.

291 Y. Soc. Yes, of course.

291 Str. And a third form of government is the rule of the multitude, called democracy, is it not?

291 Y. Soc. Yes, certainly.

291 Str. Do not these three become after a fashion five, producing out of themselves two additional names?

291 Y. Soc. What names?

291 Str. People nowadays are likely to take into consideration enforced subjection and voluntary obedience, poverty and wealth, law and lawlessness as they occur in governments, and so they divide two of the forms we mentioned, giving to the two aspects of monarchy the two names tyranny and royalty.

291 Y. Soc. Certainly.

291 Str. And the state that is ruled by the few is called, as the case may be, aristocracy or oligarchy.

291 Y. Soc. To be sure.

292 Str. In the case of democracy, however, whether the multitude rule those who have property by violence or with their willing consent, and whether the laws are carefully observed or not, no one ever habitually changes the name.

292 Y. Soc. True.

292 Str. Now then, do we believe that any of these forms of government which are defined by the distinctions between the one, the few, and the many, or wealth and poverty, or violence and willingness, or written constitution and absence of laws, is a right one?

292 Y. Soc. I don’t see why not.

292 Str. Look a bit more closely along the line I am going to point out.

292 Y. Soc. What is it?

292 Str. Shall we abide by what we said in the beginning, or dissent from it?

292 Y. Soc. To what do you refer?

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