Purchase Solution

Plato & Aristotle's ideas on Democracy

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Compare Plato and Aristotle on democracy, outlining the strengths and weaknesses of democracy for each.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

The solution is a discussion of Plato and Aristotle's ideas on democracy - its flaws and virtues.

Solution Preview

Plato and Aristotle on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Democracy

Plato on democracy:

Strengths - Governed by freedom: accordingly, most "colourful" and most varied, allows for flourishing of many kinds of life - including philosophy!

Weaknesses: Second worst form of government, grows out of oligarchy.
Causes a tyrannical man to (eventually) come into existence. Freedom in democracy is really license (thereby conducing to disorder). Lack of discipline ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Canadian Politics

A brief look into various aspects of Canadian Politics.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Greek philosophy of Plato and Aristotle

    Identify the major works and summarize the main ideas of Plato and Aristotle. What impact do you think these two men had on our society today, in terms of politics and education?

  • Plato and Aristotle

    10883 Plato and Aristotle's Perspective on the Virtue of Temperance How did Plato and Aristotle differ in their ideas about the virtue of temperance? Plato and Aristotle's ideas about temperance seem to be very similar.

  • Socrates: Life, Times & Philosophy

    His student Plato is one of his 'foremost' disciples and forwarded his ideas by writing groundbreaking work on topics as diverse as life, ethics, faith, knowledge, politics, truth, war and religion.

  • Difference between Plato and Aristotle's metaphysical positions

    20922 Difference between Plato and Aristotle's metaphysical positions Discuss the differences between Plato and Aristotle's metaphysical views. Plato held that there are perfect models (forms) or archetypes of objects in the physical world.

  • Aristotle's theory

    Democracy didn't seem to have worked very well in their recent past. Plato's ideas are set out in the Republic.

  • Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE)

    In the later years of his association with Plato and the Academy he began to lecture on his own account, especially on the subject of rhetoric.

  • Greek and Roman Philosphers

    Plato realized that the Athenian state, and along with it, Athenian direct democracy, had failed to realize its lofty ideals. Instead, the citizens sent Socrates to his death and direct democracy had failed.

  • Plato, Descartes, Hume and Kant on Human Nature

    557895 Plato, Descartes, Hume and Kant on Human Nature Please describe the terms and ideas of human nature from the perspective of Plato, Descartes, Kant, and Hume.

  • Video Review: Socrates & Plato's Greece

    Among the many of his students is Plato who was Aristotle's teacher who in turn became the tutor and mentor of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, conqueror of the then known world.

View More Related Solutions