The City-State of the Greeks And Romans; a Survey, Introductory to the Study of Ancient History
The City-State of the Greeks And Romans; a Survey, Introductory to the Study of Ancient History
W Warde William Warde Fowler
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Much of his time, as ^ Read Aristotle's account of the general characteristics of democracy, Pol. 1317 B ; noting especially those passages which are evidently a reflection from the practice at Athens. Digitized by Google VI THE REALISATION OF DEMOCRACY 169 we have seen, was spent in carrying it out himself, or seeing that others did so. It was inevitable that this should be so, where the interests of State and individual were so wholesomely identified as they were at Athens. Assuredly the demo...cratic leaders would never have done away with the supervising authority of the Areop^igus, had they not been filled with the conviction that the laws (that is, the constitution) were now in complete Iharmony with the feelings of the people, and that the people wa^ itself capable of acting as their /guardians. In fact, the true justification for this Hbold transference of trusteeship from an irresponsible body to the ^dple themselves is to be found in the speech of Pericles quoted at the beginning of this chapter.^ "While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence per- vades our public acts ; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws " (t^ Brffioaca Sch Sio^ fioKiara ov Trapavofiovfiev, T&v T€ ael iv ap'xj} ovtodv aKpodaev koI t&v vofioDv, fCT.X.).
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