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) distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but not only did all Greek authors in general use the word _tyrant_ in a different sense, as appears most clearly in Xenophon's _Hiero_, but also it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king.

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