The democratic principle in its extreme form is the assertation that the mere fact of free birth is alone sufficient to constitute a claim to all of- fices. It is never the claim of a majority to rule, but it is the demand that every one, whether rich or poor, high- or low-born, shall be equally represented in the constitution. This is what Aristotle calls the principle of numerical equality. -from "Chapter VI: Democracy" One of the most renowned classical scholars of the turn of the 20th centur ...