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[3] οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ πιθανώτερος ὁ τῶν δημοτικῶν λόγος: οὐ γὰρ εἰκὸς ἐν μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις οὕτω μέτριον γενέσθαι καὶ κοινόν, ὥστ᾽ ἐξὸν αὐτῷ τοὺς ἑτέρους ὑποποιησάμενον τυραννεῖν τῆς πόλεως, ἀμφοτέροις ἀπεχθέσθαι καὶ περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὴν τῆς πόλεως σωτηρίαν ἢ τὴν αὑτοῦ πλεονεξίαν, ἐν οὕτω δὲ μικροῖς καὶ ἀναξίοις καταρρυπαίνειν ἑαυτόν.

Athenaion Politeia, ed. Kenyon. Oxford. 1920.

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