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γίγνεται καὶ ἐκ δημοκρατίας τυραννίς;πῶς;ὃ προύθεντο, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, ἀγαθόν, καὶ δι᾽ ὃ ἡ ὀλιγαρχία καθίστατο—τοῦτο δ᾽ ἦν ὑπερπλοῦτος: ἦ γάρ; —ναί.ἡ πλούτου τοίνυν ἀπληστία καὶ ἡ τῶν ἄλλων ἀμέλεια διὰ χρηματισμὸν αὐτὴν ἀπώλλυ.ἀληθῆ, ἔφη.ἆρ᾽ οὖν καὶ ὃ δημοκρατία ὁρίζεται ἀγαθόν, ἡ τούτου ἀπληστία καὶ ταύτην καταλύει;λέγεις δ᾽ αὐτὴν τί ὁρίζεσθαι;τὴν ἐλευθερίαν, εἶπον. τοῦτο γάρ που ἐν δημοκρατουμένῃ
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