Johnson's dictionary

[nq:1]In his dictionary Johnson described democracy as one of the three forms of government. Does anyone know what the other two were? Thanks[/nq]
Monarchy is obviously a second form, but what about a third... perhaps dictatorship.
Anarchy would hardly seem to qualify since it is the lack of government. There is always feudalism but I think that it would be considered to be a form of monar

[nq:1]In his dictionary Johnson described democracy as one of the three forms of government. Does anyone know what the other two were?[/nq]
Autocracy, oligarchy.
But as you can see, this was a bit earlier than Johnson...

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[nq:2]In his dictionary Johnson described democracy as one of the three forms of government. Does anyone know what the other two were?[/nq]
[nq:1]Autocracy, oligarchy. But as you can see, this was a bit earlier than Johnson... [/nq]
Thanks, but I asked for the other two forms of government according to Johnson's dictionary.
Does anyone have a copy of his dictionary?

[nq:2]Autocracy, oligarchy. But as you can see, this was a bit earlier than Johnson... http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/greekfeatures/a/democracyaeschn.htm[/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks, but I asked for the other two forms of government according to Johnson's dictionary. Does anyone have

[nq:2]Autocracy, oligarchy. But as you can see, this was a bit earlier than Johnson...[/nq]

[nq:1]Thanks, but I asked for the other two forms of government according to Johnson's dictionary. Does anyone have a copy of his dictionary?[/nq]
I suspect that Johnson got his entry from a source like the one I gave, but you might like to post your query on alt.quotations: there's a chap ther

[nq:1]In his dictionary Johnson described democracy as one of the three forms of government. Does anyone know what the other two were?[/nq]
I would expect Johnson to use the standard tripartite division "democracy, aristocracy, monarchy" that goes back to Aristotle. He would have considered anarchy (suggested by one of the other answerers) as the absence of government. Dictatorship/tyranny cou

[nq:2]Autocracy, oligarchy. But as you can see, this was a bit earlier than Johnson... [/nq]
[nq:1]Thanks, but I asked for the other two forms of government according to Johnson's dictionary. Does anyone have a copy of his dictionary?[/nq]
Yes (a facsimile edition put out by Times Books, London, 1983). The full definition is
One of the three forms of government; that in which the sove

[nq:1]A form of government which places the supreme power in a small number; aristocracy.[/nq]
Have there been oligarchies that have not been monarchies, where the leader is elected from among the aristocrats? Or the aristocrats vote among themselves on issues?

[nq:1]In his dictionary Johnson described democracy as one of the three forms of government. Does anyone know what the other two were?[/nq]
Johnson may have written this elsewhere.
(He wrote plenty.) The dictionary entry
simply reads (in my Todd/Chalmers abridgement):
"Democracy, n.s. democratia, Gr. Sovereign
power lodged in the collective body of the people. Temple."

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