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İngilizce Yunanca

302 Str. We said that monarchy comprised royalty and tyranny, and the rule of the few comprised aristocracy, which has a name of good omen, and oligarchy; but to the rule of the many we gave then only a single name, democracy; now, however, that also must be divided.

302 Y. Soc. How? On what principle shall we divide that?

302 Str. On the same that we used for the others, though the name of this form is already twofold in meaning. The name is said to be twofold in meaning, probably because it was applied in cases in which there was a regularly constituted popular government and also in cases of mob rule. At any rate, the distinction between ruling according to law and without law applies alike to this and the rest.

302 Y. Soc. Yes, it does.

302 Str. Before, when we were in search of the right government, this division was of no use, as we showed at the time but now that we have set that apart and have decided that the others are the only available forms of government, the principle of lawfulness and lawlessness bisects each of them.

302 Y. Soc. So it seems, from what has been said.

302 Str. Monarchy, then, when bound by good written rules, which we call laws, is the best of all the six; but without law it is hard and most oppressive to live with.

303 Y. Soc. I fancy it is.

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