None of these noblemen, none of these kings, none of these heroes is back home in his own town ruling it.

没有哪一个贵族,国王或是英雄,会甘愿呆在自己的家乡当统治者

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He said very clearly, if you use cavalry as your major arm, your state will be an aristocracy.

他说得很清楚,以骑兵作为主力部队的,一定是贵族统治的城邦

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His mother and her allies among the Boyars, that is the nobles, overthrew the regents in 1689.

他母亲及其波雅尔中的同僚,也就是当时的贵族,于1689年推翻了摄政王的统治

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Either what is established after the tyranny is an oligarchy, but notice I didn't say an aristocracy.

僭主统治之后要么是,寡头统治,注意下我可没说贵族统治

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Good, the default position in Greek political theory is aristocracy; that is the normal thing.

很好,希腊的默认政治状态是贵族统治,这就是它的常态

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So, I already mentioned about how nobles become junior partners in absolutism.

我前面提到过,贵族是如何臣服在统治者的绝对权威之下

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In this case defined chiefly by their intelligence, but other things too. Well, anyway in this case, in Greek political thinking the aristocracy of birth is the default position.

这主要取决于他们的才能,不过也包含其他方面,不管怎样,那个时候在希腊人的政治思维中,贵族统治就是初始的状态

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