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Full Idea
Stoics say the best form of government is a blend of democracy and monarchy and aristocracy.
Gist of Idea
The best government blends democracy, monarchy and aristocracy
Source
report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 07.131
Book Ref
'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.124
A Reaction
Sounds like nineteenth century Britain, when democracy was more limited, and the aristocracy richer and more influential. Presumably they want rule by an elite, but with some democratic restraints.
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