... the state and introduce the concept state is subject to the church. Plato and Aristotle have different understanding of why the state exists, so they interpret what is the purpose of the state too. In order to understand their different conclusions of political state, we need to be aware of their difference in world's view and philosophy. Plato believes in absolute truth in terms of morality and politics ... . Besides, Plato is only able to identify the difference between ... ...

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... that every citizen has a job to do for his community. But, he does not believe that you are stuck in ones' social class like Aristotle. Aristotle believes everything is here on earth for a specific reason, i.e. the plants are here for the animals, and the animals are here for us while the plants are also here for us providing oxygen. Another main difference is De Teocqueville believes ... the local government is far more important that the states. Although Aristotle and De Teocqueville agree in some points In government, it doesn't translate to society and all of politics. Both Aristotl...

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... B.C. He spent twenty years studying and working at Plato's Academy. Plato was an influential philosopher and scholar that made a tremendous impact on Aristotle. Many of Plato's ideologies were presented in Aristotle's works. Aristotle demonstrated his political views in The Politics and The Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle stated, "Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good, but if all communities ... aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a g...

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Aristotle, like Plato, was very interested in the different types of government. He devotes Books 4 through 8 of Politics to the different kinds of government, which ones are best, and what the "ideal city" is. He criticizes many forms of government, such as kingship, tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, and democracy. He doesn't really agree with Plato's ideas on government, but they both do agree on the fact ... is that it is rule by a few to further the interest of the wealthy few, and I agree that democracy is a problem because it is rule by the poor in their own interest. Aristotle proposes ...

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... believed that society was at its optimum and you can only improve upon the existing one. Both Plato and Aristotle were two men who envisioned methods on ways to improve their existing society. Plato, the political philosopher, was basically in pursuit of philosophical truth. Aristotle was more concerned with citizenship and institutional politics. They both had developed ideas and concepts to improve society as a whole ... . Aristotle and Plato have had a tremendous impact on political scientists of today. In Aristotle case, he was responsible for developing various democratic ideas. Eve...

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... counterpart was a tyranny, in which one person ruled arbitrarily. What this means is that the lawful regimes of Plato and Aristotle's time were not corrupt but rather did what was in the good of the nation or polis. A monarchy had all of the power in the hand of one individual so there was not always concept of accountability because one person with ... parts that are common between them both. The common parts for the presidential and parliamentary systems are as follows: The executive, the legislative, and the judiciary. The head of the state is the executive. In the case of the presid...

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... . There was a lot of controversy regarding his eventual decision of not returning to England by fleeing to Holland, in spite of a pardon offered to him, until the downfall of the Stuarts. He got himself involved in Whig politics, where he helped plan William of Orange's expedition to England. All this got him a lot of experience, practically, it somehow made him sharper. It stimulated ... institution and it has been a subject of matter of many controversial theories in many fields, including the economic and well as the political field as well. Plato believed that ownership of private pr...

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... has a place in society, and until people realize this societies will continue to decline or be forced into war. Many problems still exist in societies of the world today. In The Politics, Aristotle explains how to correct the problems of the current state: He states, first there is to be a union of those who cannot exist without each other, such as males and females, so that ... the race may continue. This is not a union that is formed from deliberate purpose, but because, just like with other animals and with plants, mankind has a natural desire ... of monarchy that views only the int...

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... they die physically on this planet, this concept lies within all major religions. Power is often times thought of as a sense of a physical presence, but the concept is also used in economics and politics. Taking a look at the Bible, the word "power" is used 279 times. An early example of this comes in Exodus 15:6, "Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, thy right ... with smaller countries that do not implement safe working conditions or child labor laws, it is using its power for this reason. Power has been the center point of all famous political thinkers throughout time, namely P...

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