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Is authority in its "basic structure" a triadic relation between the bearer, the subject, and the domain of authority (as Bochenski holds); or is it, rather, a quadratic relation between the bearer, the subject, and the domain of authority and the reason for it (as De George suggests -- more suggests—more clearly, however, in "The Nature and Function of Epistemic Authority" than in The Nature and Limits of Authority!)?

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