Citations:élite

English citations of élite

• 2001: Rupert Woodfin [text], Judy Groves [illustrations], and Richard Appignanesi [ed.], Introducing Aristotle, pages 147^{1} and 151^{2} (Icon Books UK, Totem Books USA; →ISBN

  ^{1} Aristotle concludes that the best practical form of government is a constitutional republic in which power is shared between the people and some kind of élite. The precise arguments do not matter and will vary from one polis to another.

  ^{2} Skilled professionals of all kinds were not properly “citizens” but an underclass of banausoi, artisans or trades-people. The historian Plutarch (c. AD 46–120) spoke for an élite when he said: “We admire the art but despise the artist.”