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.
按照希腊古典作家的看法，政治变革是有循环周期的。刚开始是专制政府，后来专制政府被当时所谓的“民主”所推翻。后来，众所周知的“民主”的无能和软弱使政权沦为了寡头政治，随后，寡头政治再次演变成专制体制，进而又一次令民众不堪重负，揭竿而起，发动了新一轮民主革命；如此一来，一个完整的周期又将再次上演。
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