CLASS280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Periander, Cypselus, Pheidon Ii
6 Aug 2015
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Where the skin of the lion doesn"t reach stretch it out with the skin of the fox (where force isn"t efficient, cleverness will work instead) No constitutional foundation (in rome -> dictatorship (they have constitution) To solve the crisis, need to give them absolute authority. Initiated to solve a crisis (chosen or chooses himself) Absolute power corrupts absolutely (declares tyrant for life as they didn"t want to step down from power) Economically beneficial (most people are better off, but certain people suffer) Ruthless (who questions their rule is punished the most) Kings are guarded by citizens at arms because kings rule willing subjects. Tyrants are guarded by foreign soldiers because tyrants rule unwilling subjects. Use of foreign soldiers because you can"t trust the citizens. Argos at war with sparta (during the war with sparta, he declared tyrant position (because of the constraint by the constitution) Battle of the champions (669 bc) king of argos successful in defeating sparta.
