Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Timocracy

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2237E
• Professor: VandeWetering

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Note: essay must be based on one primary source from this list: plato republic, aristotle politics, aristotle ethics, machiavelli discourses - only book that we can use shortened version. Read the entire book, and read it carefully. Do not use secondary sources, except very focused purposed like de ning something. Plato thinks the polis will be successful because all the people will be doing what they are meant to do and be who they are. The polis will fal apart because a mistake will be made by a guardian, it is inevitable in a feverish city because of the luxuries, but it can happen in a swinish city to. Degradation of an aristocracy (rule of philosophers/justice and reason), to timocracy (rule of soldiers/honour), to oligarchy , to democracy, to tyranny(rule by one in interest of themselves appetitive) Go from the best kind of polis to the worst.