Plato And Aristotle: Regimes


	Plato And Aristotle: Regimes

publicola85

5-7-2008 11:50 PM

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politics, republic, aristotle, plato, regimes, timocracy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy

publicola85 says:

A great synopsis of the regime forms found in Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics

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