korrents

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A city should be as large as self-sufficiency needs but small enough for its rulers to oversee

Drawn from what Aristotle said

government
What this subject means

government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

What Aristotle actually said

  1. Aristotle Greek philosopher (384 to 322 BCE)
    It is evident, then, that the best boundary for a city is that wherein the numbers are the greatest possible, that they may be the better able to be sufficient in themselves, while at the same time they are not too large to be under the eye and government of the magistrates.

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