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 It is not good to have a rule of many. Homer (900 BC-800 BC)
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sometimes it might be as good to have a rule of many.. A person with this will find his way adjustable to obstacles and more flexible in finding solutions.
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If a rule of many means many rules, then it is true.
Instead we should have an attitude, our heart and mind,
should be aimed toward what is good for others and ourselves
and God can help us to do that very nicely, for He knows
us even better than we do. However, WE GOT TO ASK HIM. 
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The rule of many like a committee of 500? Or of many, each with a direct authority to impose rule? I am not sure what he means.
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Digireads dot com from a Google-search of the quote: A fifth form of democracy, in other respects the same, is that in which, not the law, but the multitude, have the supreme power, and supersede the law by their decrees. This is a state of affairs brought about by the demagogues. For the people becomes a monarch, and is many in one; and the many have the power in their hands , not as individuals, but collectively. Homer says that ‘it is not good to have a rule of many,’ but whether he means this corporate rule, or the rule of many individuals is uncertain.Politics By Aristotle Translated by benjamin Jowett ISBN: 1-4209-2602-0 Copyright 2005 A Digireads.com book Emphasis is mine.
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Of course Homer's famous monologues, the Iliad and the Odyssey, were performed in front of the aristocracy of the time. So he naturally played to his audience. Had he been around during the classical Greek period of enlightenment, he might have had a more favorable impression of democracy.
“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.” -- Chinese proverb
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I think one may get confused if he knows alot of rules for every thing
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Thanks RuthP for the diggng. Even from what you found it is still unclear. I think when Daemon puts out a quote like that, it is like putting out the knuckle of a finger on display to let people to figure out where it comes from - a finger, a toe, of human origin or from another animal.
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Too many cooks spoil the broth??
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I was on a jury once. 75% of the people were stoopid. That experience scared me... a man's life was on the line... a decision could have been made by stoopidity and emotions. One person on the jury had to use an iron fist... then a decision was made from facts as presented in court.
"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus
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