"Athenians were proud to be a society governed by law, rather than by men."
I think that the Athenians were conscous of the fact that they, the demos were creating the laws and that the laws were not some metafysical rules that governed the people.
Dear Terry Bouricius I am reading your developping book with much pleasure and interest!
Ronald de Vries, admirer of the Athenian Democracy and editor of the former dutch webmagazine for direct democracy: http://www. athene.antenna.nl
"Athenians were proud to be a society governed by law, rather than by men."
I think that the Athenians were conscous of the fact that they, the demos were creating the laws and that the laws were not some metafysical rules that governed the people.
Dear Terry Bouricius I am reading your developping book with much pleasure and interest!
Ronald de Vries, admirer of the Athenian Democracy and editor of the former dutch webmagazine for direct democracy: http://www. athene.antenna.nl
(ronvries@kpnmail.nl)