... creations are the groundwork for democracy as we know it today. The characteristics of the state in both creations are strikingly similar. In both, the supreme objectives of a fair state is to have united and honorable lives. As Aristotle asserts,"[T] he end of the state is a good life, and the state is the union of families and villages in a perfect and self sufficing life, by ... to come to a conclusion for any problem. Democracy is more effective that oligarchy. By collectively deciding, the masses can produce a better judgement concerning all the population of the state. The heart o...

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