雅典民主的局限与启示——从苏格拉底之死谈起

Research on the Limit and Apocalypse of the Athens Democracy

雅典民主犹如一颗璀璨的明珠镶嵌在历史的长卷上。作为现代民主的前身,它曾经大放异彩,但却因其自身的历史局限性而如昙花一现。过去已经向我们显示如何建设未来,在民主化浪潮日益扩展的今天,我们应当重新审视古希腊民主。从历史中,我们得到启示:单纯的民主制度不能治愈社会的痼疾,现代民主应当在宪政的框架下实施。

The Athens democracy is like a gorgeous diamond in the document of history . As the pre-modality of modern democracy, it had its time, however it just flashed for its localization. The past has showed us how to construct the future, in a democracy expanding time, we should review the Athens democracy. We arrive at an illustration from the history: social problems can't be cured simply by democracy, modern democracy should be implemented in the frame of constitutionalism.