一香港的民主化民主是一项古老的政治制度,其产生于两千多年前的古代希腊,确切地说,主要产生于雅典城邦。古希腊的民主是一种简单的民主,苏格拉底认为:“凡是所有的人都有资格被选为官吏的地方,是民主政治。”①虽则简单,但是其实行政治选举的核心内容已经确定。古代希腊的民主制度建立在特定的法治基础之上。这种法治的基本点就是市民自觉遵守法律。在希腊历史中,我们可以找到非常多的实例。特别著名的有两个,一个是苏格拉底,另外一个是阿里斯提德。 The democratization of democracy in Hong Kong is an ancient political system that originated in ancient Greece more than two thousand years ago. Specifically, it originated mainly from the city-state of Athens. Ancient Greek democracy is a simple democracy, Socrates believes: “Where all people are eligible to be elected officials, is a democratic politics.” ① Although simple, but the core of the implementation of political elections confirmed. The ancient Greek democracy was based on a specific rule of law. The basic point of this rule of law is that people consciously abide by the law. In Greek history, we can find a very large number of examples. Two are especially famous, one Socrates, the other is Aristotle.