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The Athenian Constitution

Aristotle

Form
Form Non-fiction
Year
Year 330 BCE
Originally in
Originally in Ancient Greek
Pages
Pages 150

Aristotle's school gathered the constitutions of a hundred and fifty-eight Greek states. This is the one that came back: lost since antiquity, then found in 1891 on a papyrus roll bought in Egypt, written on the back of a farm bailiff's accounts.

when the democracy is master of the voting-power, it is master of the constitution.
The Athenian Constitution, Aristotle

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