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 1     II, II  |            there is a variety in the offices held. Hence it is evident
 2     II, VIII|              should share in all the offices is an impossibility; for
 3     II, XI  |              thing that the greatest offices, such as those of kings
 4     II, XI  |              person should hold many offices, which is a favorite practice
 5     II, XI  |       democratic principles that the offices of state should be distributed
 6     II, XII |            that power of electing to offices and calling to account the
 7    III, I   |    administration of justice, and in offices. Now of offices some are
 8    III, I   |               and in offices. Now of offices some are discontinuous,
 9    III, I   |             such holders of definite offices is reserved the right of
10    III, IV  |             is concerned with menial offices—the master need not know
11    III, X   |          will be dishonored. For the offices of a state are posts of
12    III, XI  |              them to share the great offices of state, for their folly
13    III, XI  |             the power of electing to offices, and of calling the magistrates
14    III, XI  |            individuals holding great offices. But enough of this.~The
15    III, XII |           some persons will say that offices of state ought to be unequally
16    III, XII |         claim office; for holders of offices must be freemen and taxpayers:
17    III, XIII|              over Zeus, dividing his offices among them. The only alternative
18    III, XVI |              an uneven share, in the offices of state, is as bad as for
19     IV, I   |  constitution is the organization of offices in a state, and determines
20     IV, III |   constitution is an organization of offices, which all the citizens
21     IV, III |           are modes of arranging the offices, according to the superiorities
22     IV, IV  |              government in which the offices were given according to
23     IV, IV  |         quite competent to fill most offices. But the same persons cannot
24     IV, VI  |             governing class keep the offices in their own hands, and
25     IV, VIII|      absolutely.~The distribution of offices according to merit is a
26     IV, IX  |             principle of electing to offices, from democracy the disregard
27     IV, IX  |              one of the two greatest offices of state, and in the other
28     IV, IX  |      oligarchical elements. That all offices are filled by election and
29     IV, XIV |      citizens meet about election to offices and about scrutinies, and
30     IV, XV  |         consider the distribution of offices; this too, being a part
31     IV, XV  |         annual, while in other cases offices are held for still longer
32     IV, XV  |             included under the term "offices"? That is a question not
33     IV, XV  |             women or of youth. Other offices are concerned with household
34     IV, XV  |      officers. There are also menial offices which the rich have executed
35     IV, XV  |               those are to be called offices to which the duties are
36     IV, XV  |              interest.~What kinds of offices, and how many, are necessary
37     IV, XV  |              so it happens that some offices a man holds a second time
38     IV, XV  |            necessary to combine many offices in a few hands, since the
39     IV, XV  |            at times require the same offices and laws as large ones;
40     IV, XV  |          reason why the care of many offices should not be imposed on
41     IV, XV  |             the population is small, offices should be like the spits
42     IV, XV  |            difficulty in seeing what offices can be combined in one.
43     IV, XV  |            everywhere? Again, should offices be divided according to
44     IV, XV  |           certain differences in the offices answering to them as well,
45     IV, XV  |      suitable to some, but different offices to others? For in some states
46     IV, XV  |             narrower sphere. Special offices are peculiar to certain
47     IV, XV  |         inquire into appointments to offices. The varieties depend on
48     IV, XV  |         again (A 1 c, A 2 c) to some offices in the one way, to some
49     IV, XV  |              some by lot, or to some offices in the one way, to others
50     IV, XV  |             B 1 c) from all, to some offices by vote, to some by lot,
51     IV, XV  |              2 C) from some, to some offices by vote, to some by lot.
52     IV, XV  |             both, or appoint to some offices from all and to others from
53     IV, XV  |             by both" meaning to some offices by lot, to others by vote),
54     IV, XV  |            appoint from all, to some offices by vote, to others by lot,
55     IV, XV  |           appoint from both, to some offices from all, to others from
56      V, III |           their way into the highest offices, as at Oreum, where, upon
57      V, VI  |             all share in the highest offices. Thus at Elis the governing
58      V, VIII|         restriction of the tenure of offices to six months, that all
59      V, VIII|              or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure
60      V, VIII|            management of affairs and offices of state to opposite elements;
61      V, VIII|              making money out of the offices; for the poor will not want
62      V, VIII|              the poor, and lucrative offices should go to them; if any
63      V, VIII|             in all but the principal offices of state. The latter should
64      V, IX  |             have to fill the highest offices—(1) first of all, loyalty
65      V, X   |             supreme over the highest offices. In any of these ways an
66      V, X   |             tyranny by holding great offices. Whereas Panaetius at Leontini,
67     VI, I   |              of law-courts and state offices, and which of them are adapted
68     VI, II  |          that the appointment to all offices, or to all but those which
69     VI, II  | qualification should be required for offices, or only a very low one;
70     VI, II  |          case of few except military offices: that the tenure of all
71     VI, II  |               that the tenure of all offices, or of as many as possible,
72     VI, IV  |          share in the appointment of offices, except through representatives
73     VI, IV  |             that all should elect to offices, and conduct scrutinies,
74     VI, IV  |       law-courts, but that the great offices should be filled up by election
75     VI, IV  |    qualification, or, if there be no offices for which a qualification
76     VI, IV  |            be governed well (for the offices will always be held by the
77     VI, V   |      Moreover, they divide all their offices into two classes, some of
78     VI, V   |          gained by dividing the same offices, so as to have two classes
79     VI, VI  |            humbler yet indispensable offices and the higher for the superior
80     VI, VIII|            the right distribution of offices, their number, their nature,
81     VI, VIII|             not having the necessary offices, and no state can be well
82     VI, VIII|          administered not having the offices which tend to preserve harmony
83     VI, VIII|             carefully consider which offices may properly be united and
84     VI, VIII|     separated.~First among necessary offices is that which has the care
85     VI, VIII|           states there are many such offices; in others there are a few
86     VI, VIII|             not to say all, of these offices handle the public money,
87     VI, VIII|       Controllers. Besides all these offices there is another which is
88     VI, VIII|              are the chief political offices.~Another set of officers
89     VI, VIII|              then, are the necessary offices, which may be summed up
90     VI, VIII|             be summed up as follows: offices concerned with matters of
91     VI, VIII|              good order: such as the offices of guardians of women, guardians
92     VI, VIII|           are clearly not democratic offices; for example, the guardianships
93     VI, VIII|           Once more: there are three offices according to whose directions
94     VI, VIII|            of the different kinds of offices.~ ~
95    VII, IV  |              judge and to distribute offices according to merit, then
96    VII, IV  |      knowledge, both the election to offices and the decision of lawsuits
97    VII, XIV |               many apparently menial offices are an honor to the free