POL200Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Oligarchy, Aristocracy, Distributive Justice
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Pol200 lecture 9 aristotle; politics book ii & iii. Aristotle critiques and investigates with an eye towards reforming the. Poleis: aristotle says he will examine the poleis which may be good, as well he goes on to look at different theories plato; republic. It uses theories to devise the best poleis: aristotle finds difficulty to understand the purpose of the city of. These associations are natural: plato according to aristotle creates one big household and not a. Without children there is no truly successful life: for plato the possibility to have children for the ruling class is not possible, for aristotle there cannot be one big family, different parts play a role. Plato says that all these things that must happen in the city of words, Aristotle has a general remark aristotle fears the polis itself will be dest(cid:396)oyed (cid:271)y plato"s (cid:396)efo(cid:396)(cid:373: plato"s (cid:396)efo(cid:396)(cid:373)s a(cid:396)e too (cid:396)adi(cid:272)al do not conform to the natural order of things.