摘要
1.The State:General Considerations Scholars have long being interested in the state and the running of it.Among them,there were philosophers,historians,sociologists and anthropologists.We may go as far back as to Confucius and Lao Tze,or to the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle 1,and if we want to stay closer to our time,we can mention the Italian political scientist Machiavelli,who wrote in the 16 th century Il Principe(The Prince),
1. The State: General Considerations Scholars have long being interested in the state and the running of it. Among them, there were philosophers, historians, sociologists and anthropologists. We may go as far back as to Confucius and Lao Tze, or to the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle1, and if we want to stay closer to our time,