The Rule of Law v. The Rule of Men—Aristotle

DABBLING IN THE CLASSICS, ARISTOTLE

Therefore he who bids the law rule may be deemed to bid God and Reason alone rule, but he who bids man rule adds an element of the beast; for desire is a wild beast, and passion perverts the minds of rulers, even when they are the best of men. The law is reason unaffected by desire.

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Source: Aristotle. “Politics: Book 3, Part XVI.” Written 350 BC.

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