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One may find likenesses and so to speak models of these various forms of constitution in
the household. The relationship of father to sons is regal in type, since a father's first
care is for his children's welfare. This is why Homer styles Zeus
‘father,’ for the ideal of kingship is paternal government. Among the
Persians paternal rule is tyrannical, for the Persians use their sons as slaves. The
relation of master to slaves is also tyrannic, since in it the master's interest is aimed
at. The autocracy of a master appears to be right, that of the Persian father wrong; for
different subjects should be under different forms of rule.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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