According to the classical Greek authors, political change was subject to a recurrent cycle. We start with tyranny, which was overthrown by what was then called democracy. The notorious fecklessness of “the people” led the system to harden into an oligarchy, which mutated into tyranny again, leading to unacceptable burdens and thus a new democratic revolt; and so the whole cycle would begin again.
按照希臘古典作家的看法，政治變革是有循環週期的。剛開始是專制政府，後來專制政府被當時所謂的「民主」所推翻。後來，衆所周知的「民主」的無能和軟弱使政權淪爲了寡頭政治，隨後，寡頭政治再次演變成專制體制，進而又一次令民衆不堪重負，揭竿而起，發動了新一輪民主革命；如此一來，一個完整的週期又將再次上演。
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