Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Political Philosophy, Vol. 2: Of Aristocracy, Aristocratic Governments
Tendency of Aristocratic and Democratic Constitutions to mix with others - Dif ference in this respect of Despotism - Tendency greatest in Aristocracies - Early pupilage of the people - Their progress to emancipation - Best course for the Aristocracy - Illustration from colonial emancipation - Natural introduction of Oligarchy - Its natural progress to greater exclusiveness - Its natural tendency to dissolution - Examples from the Venetian, Genoese, Siennese, and Lucca.
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