PO235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mixed Government
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Aristotle is almost a direct response to plato . Went to athens to become a student at plato"s academy 367. Was a student for him for 20 years. Leaves athens for 12 years became an interment scholar / 8 years teacher of alexander. Returns 355 and founds own school of science in athens. Did not say a word of criticism until now. Collected data on 150 constitutions. (entire known world) - how political systems funct (you can already see that this method is inductive rather than deductive). The book he wrote is not what he wrote, its what his students put together after he died. According to aristotle, he thinks a state should not progressively become m unity there should be more plurality. He says, this unitary state is a total utopian illusion. He describes the athenian system. (10 different districts). But he also says t categorized by his participation. It is a total rejection of the tier system.
