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But if, as happens under an oligarchy, not the majority, but a minority meet and enact rules of conduct, what are these?
Whatsoever the sovereign power in the State, after deliberation, enacts and directs to be done is known as a law.
If, then, a despot, being the sovereign power, enacts what the citizens are to do, are his orders also a law?
Yes, whatever a despot as ruler enacts is also known as a law.
But if, as happens under an oligarchy, not the majority, but a minority meet and enact rules of conduct, what are these?
Whatsoever the sovereign power in the State, after deliberation, enacts and directs to be done is known as a law.
If, then, a despot, being the sovereign power, enacts what the citizens are to do, are his orders also a law?
Yes, whatever a despot as ruler enacts is also known as a law.
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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