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Favored __________________________________________________________ ruled by members of ____________________________________________ Wrote ________________________________ – “And the rule of the law… is preferable to that of any individual.” Question: What arose in ancient Greece that contributed to the development of democratic values in the modern world? [Socrates]: Beginning with the State, I replied, would u say that a city which is governed by a tyrant is free or enslaved? [Glaucon]: No city, he said, can be more completely enslaved. S: And yet, as you see, there are freemen as well as masters in such a State? G: Yes, he said, I see that there are – a few; but the people, speaking generally, and the best of them, are miserably degraded and enslaved. From Plato’s Republic of the following statements best reflects the dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon? Tyrants can count on citizens to be loyal. Tyranny is a poor way to govern Enslaved people some freedoms Democracy is a costlier form of government. most famous student Aristotle, developed his own ideas about government. HE analyzed all forms of government, from monarchy to democracy, and found good and bad examples of each. Aristotle preferred government by the many, not by the few. Like Plato, however, he was suspicious of democracy, which he thought could lead to mob rule. Instead, he favored a constitutional government ruled by members of the middle class. He called this form of government a “polity.” The goal of the polity was to establish just and stable rule. Plato and Aristotle agreed that: the middle should rule by a constitutional monarchy monarchy was the best form of government for city-states democracy could be an unstable form of government the polity would establish a just and stable rule.
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