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Essay / Plato and Aristotle's Ideal Views on Politics - 516
Plato grew up in the turmoil that would become Athens, after its failed attempts at democracy, and Aristotle, who was educated in Athens under his professor, was later the mentor of Alexander the Great. of Macedonia. Although both have varying differences in their ideal government policies. Plato, in his Republic, would have his great city of Athens follow a monarch known as the Philosopher-King, while Aristotle, in his discourse on politics, would have the demos, the people, rule, those the same people who ruined the town his mentor grew up in. I am one of those people, who deeply appreciates the idea of monarchical government and knows that the so-called democracy that America claims to have is not worth maintaining. Although I find faults in Plato's ideal king, I am convinced that I would prefer to have a monarch on the throne of government who would rule the people fairly and equitably. Aristotle would like the State to follow the rule of the people and that of the majority. through its democracy. He affirms that each member of this democracy has a part of goodness and intelligence which makes the juice...