The Principle of Decay, or: Why are there Four Bad Regimes in Platon's Politeia?

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-03-15 DOI:10.1353/ajp.2023.a922566

Cătalin Enache

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Abstract

Abstract:

The paper examines the four-step degeneration of the ideal state in Books 8 and 9 of Platon’s Politeia (timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, tyranny) and addresses the question of the number, choice, and succession of bad regimes. Against the common view which considers this part of the Politeia a confusing and structureless narrative, it is argued that the four steps of the devolution represent a systematic account based on the tripartition of the state and the soul.

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衰败的原理，或者：为什么柏拉图的《波利提亚》中有四种坏制度？

摘要：本文研究了柏拉图《政治论》第 8 卷和第 9 卷中理想国度退化的四个步骤（君主制、寡头制、民主制、僭主制），并探讨了坏政权的数量、选择和继承问题。一般观点认为《波利提亚》的这一部分叙述混乱且缺乏结构，与之相反，本文认为，退化的四个步骤代表了基于国家和灵魂三分法的系统叙述。

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY CLASSICS-

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