A Perennial Digression

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Samsara, Anacyclosis, Moksha

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A Review of Stephen RL Clark’s Cities and Thrones and Powers

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Jul 15, 2022
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Cities and Thrones and Powers, Stephen Clark — Angelico Press

The Greek historian of the Roman Empire, Polybius (ca. 200-118 BCE), identified six possible types of constitution, three of which he takes to be positive bases for a political state and three their mirrored, corrupted versions. Those are, in order, kingship, aristocracy, and democracy, on the one hand, and tyranny, oligarchy, and mob-rule, on the other…

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