Despots
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despots · great despot · despot · great ruler · head · heads of states · rulers
in the texts
Hiero
Rulers holding despotic power, presented first as seemingly fortunate and then as fearful, isolated, and reformable.
I assure you far fewer pleasures fall to despots than to citizens of modest means, and many more and much greater pains.
In the first place, then, taking the objects that we perceive by means of vision, I find by calculation that in regard to sight-seeing, despots are worse off.
Thus, for instance, if peace is held to be a greatest blessing to mankind, very little of it falls to the share of despots:
Memorabilia
Rulers used as a paradoxical example of people who can be poor despite power.
Yes, certainly — thanks for reminding me — I know, in fact, of some despots even who are driven to crime by poverty, just like paupers.
Therefore, if that is so, we will include despots in the people, and men of small means, if they are thrifty, in the rich.