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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If you doubt the importance of the study of political ideas for politics consider the works of a famous economist John Maynard Keynes : everyone's heard of him. Keynes wrote in 1935.

如果你怀疑政治思维研究的重要性,试着研读,著名经济学家的著作，凯因斯,每个人都认识吧，凯因斯在1935年写道。

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