Categoria: Leis VI

Athenian Stranger. And now having made an end of the preliminaries we will proceed to the appointment of magistracies. Cleinias. Very good. Ath. In the ordering of a state there are two parts : first, the number of the magistracies, and the mode of establishing them ; and, secondly, when they have been established, laws…

Ath. Then let us consider if we can find any way out of the difficulty ; for I maintain, Cleinias, that the Cnosians, above all the other Cretans, should not be satisfied with barely discharging their duty to the colony, but they ought to take the utmost pains to establish the offices which are first…

Ath. At present we have reached the election of magistrates, and this may be regarded as a sufficient termination of what preceded. And now there need no longer be any delay or hesitation in beginning the work of legislation. Cle. I like what you have said, Stranger — and I particularly like your manner of…

And now we may proceed in order to speak of the election of other officers ; for generals have to be elected, and these again must have their ministers, commanders, and colonels of horse, and commanders of brigades of foot, who would be more rightly called by their popular name of brigadiers. The guardians of…

The council shall consist of 30 x 12 members — 360 will be a convenient number for sub-division. If we divide the whole number into four parts of ninety each, we get ninety counsellors for each class. First, all the citizens shall select candidates from the first class ; they shall be compelled to vote,…

Thus will the city be fairly ordered. And now, who is to have, the superintendence of the country, and what shall be the arrangement ? Seeing that the whole city and the entire country have been both of them divided into twelve portions, ought there not to be appointed superintendents of the streets of the…