Most Greek states, just as they never moved beyond the hoplite style of fighting, never go beyond the oligarchical style of constitution which gives only hoplites political rights in the state.

大多数希腊城邦,从未超越过步兵方阵的作战方式,也从未超越过寡头统治的政体,只有在这样的政体下,步兵才有政治权利

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So the point I'm suggesting is that many of Socrates' students and associates including Plato himself had some connection with this oligarchical government that had ruled Athens for a brief time.

所以，我想讲的是,许多苏格拉底的学生或是同僚,包括柏拉图本身，都与这个,曾短暂统治雅典的,寡头政府有关连。

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In that period, Colombia has changed from an inward-looking country ruled by an oligarchical elite into an increasingly dynamic and urbanised democracy.

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Soros also levied harsh criticism on US politicians and their inability to regulate the bulge brackets in the US. Without naming brand names, Soros told the Economic Times that the banking system has become too oligarchical.

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