the sort
of people
who
compose it
in each
case. If,
for
example,
the
husbandmen
exceed in
number,
the first
form of
democracy
will then
arise; if
the
artisans
and
laboring
class, the
last; and
so with
the
intermediate
forms. But
where the
rich and
the
notables
exceed in
quality
more than
they fall
short in
quantity,
there
oligarchy
arises,
similarly
assuming
various
forms
according
to the
kind of
superiority
possessed
by the