POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tyrant, Aristocracy, Mashhad
7 Apr 2016
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The best life varies and alters itself on peoples circumstances. Different constitutions and imperfect (inferior) kinds of constitutions. Rule on the one, few and the many for the sake of the citizens. Democracies, oligarchies and different forms of governments. Class based divisions prevent society from pursuing common interests in which binds them into true citizenships. Poor have no power or say/no direction: give more power to those masses (cid:1) Result; one social class governing at the expense of the other. Push away from extremes and towards the middle (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Tries to make the state less democratic and more oligarch. More power and control to the rich. Democracy: rich will feel less threatened when they have more power. Proper ends of political power and the good of all citizens. Achieve some measure of civic friendship and measure (rule of the middle class) Able to listen to the voice of reason.
