Of the ecclesia over which they presided little is said, and that little relates to comparatively trifling duties.

Nothing is less present to the mind of Plato than a House of Commons, carrying on year by year the work of legislation.

For he supposes the laws to be already provided.

As little would he approve of a body like the Roman Senate.

The people and the aristocracy alike are to be represented, not by assemblies, but by officers elected for one or two years, except the guardians of the law, who are elected for twenty years.
The evils of this system are obvious.