Politics in the Ancient World (Canto original series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 28, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780521406734
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Political Process - General; Political History; History; History - General History; History: World; Rome; Politics and government; Ancient - General; Greece - Politics and government; History / General; Reference; Greece
First sentence: In the third book of the Politics (1279b6-40) Aristotle wrote: 'Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor.'