The Body Politic was a term developed by Plato; today this is known as the Classical Body Politic. This came from the term “polity,” used by the Ancient Greeks to describe the politics of society. Plato’s “Laws” writing on the subject of arbitrary power, concluded that “[i]n order to guard against this evil, the God who watched over Sparta gave you two kings instead of one, that they might balance one another; and further to lower the pulse of your body politic, some human wisdom, mingled with divine power, tempered the strength and self-sufficiency of youth with the moderation of age in the institution of your senate,” (Plato, p. 2251-2252).
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The Classical Body Politic
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The Body Politic was a term developed by Plato; today this is known as the Classical Body Politic. This came from the term “polity,” used by the Ancient Greeks to describe the politics of society. Plato’s “Laws” writing on the subject of arbitrary power, concluded that “[i]n order to guard against this evil, the God who watched over Sparta gave you two kings instead of one, that they might balance one another; and further to lower the pulse of your body politic, some human wisdom, mingled with divine power, tempered the strength and self-sufficiency of youth with the moderation of age in the institution of your senate,” (Plato, p. 2251-2252).