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The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class. — Aristotle

Political literature · Philosophical literature

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

In the original Greek

δῆλον [35] ἄρα ὅτι καὶ ἡ κοινωνία ἡ πολιτικὴ ἀρίστη ἡ διὰ τῶν μέσων

Aristotle
Politics · 350 BC
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Phocylides. Quoted in Politics, written by Aristotle, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 4.
Original citation
Phocylides. Quoted in Politics, written by Aristotle. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

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