In Utopia, politics is organized hierarchically mirroring natural social hierarchy, with the family (30 people including multiple generations) as the minimal unit, the eldest male (paterfamilias) representing the whole family, groups of 30 families electing a phylak (magistrate), phylaks electing a tranibor, and the prince elected by phyloks.

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the family is the minimal unit of society the eldest male speaks for the whole family each 30 families gets together and they elect a magistrate called a phylak

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The Bible and Western Culture - Utopia: Between Heaven and EarthMichael Sugrue
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:50:59 AM

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