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July 29, 2011
Aristotle's Third Tyranny
There is a third species of tyranny, most properly so called, which is the very opposite to kingly power;for this is the government of one who rules over his equals and superiors without being accountable for his conduct, and whose object is his own advantage, and not the advantage of those he governs; for which reason he rules by compulsion, for no freemen will ever willingly submit to such a government. --Aristotle: A Treatise on Government: Book IV: Chapter X
Posted by Vanderleun at July 29, 2011 1:16 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.