By combining elements, as it were, of the few and the many,

结合原理似乎说是不论是多是少
polity is characterized by the dominance of the middle class,

这种政体的特征是它是由中产阶级
the middle group.

所统治的
The middle class, he says, is able to achieve the

他认为中产阶级能够得到
confidence of both extreme parties where at least it is sufficiently

两种极端党派的信任或者说它能充分的
numerous to avoid the problems of class struggle and factional

避免阶级斗争和造成派系分裂的冲突
conflict. "Where the middling element is

亚里士多德写道当中间力量足够大时
great," Aristotle writes, "factional conflict and splits over

同派别的分裂与不同派系的冲突
the nature of regimes occur least of all."

将尤其不容易出现
So Aristotle, in a way, has discovered long before

从某种程度上来说亚里士多德比
James Madison's famous article in ,

詹姆斯·麦迪逊在
the remedy for the control and containment, so to

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