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Democrazia e poikilia: Polibio e Platone (con Aristotele)

Alessandra Coppola
Università degli Studi di Padova
Biografia

Pubblicato 2024-01-31

Parole chiave

  • Polybius,
  • constitutions,
  • Aristotle,
  • Plato,
  • poikilia

Abstract

Polybius’ analysis of the Roman Constitution and its Spartan model can be traced back to Aristotle, and the definition of both democracy and the best constitution can be compared with a famous passage by Plato considering the concept of poikilia.