this paper we will look at the governments types of aristocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, tyranny and democracy in city-states and discuss the similarities and differences of each focusing especially on those that share strong similarities. Aristocracies and oligarchies are both forms of governments that are ruled by a small group of people. In aristocracies that small group is intended to be made up of those that are in the best position to rule, “the morally and intellectually superior” (Aristocracy, 2016). Of course, a group of this type would work for the benefit of not just themselves but for the entire community, as this would be the moral thing to do. Many city-states were ruled by aristocracy or some combination of it an monarchy. The Achaean League, which Sparta was forced into in 192 BC, was one such group (Halsall, 1999, para. 12). In contrast, the small group of government rulers of the oligarchy is not performing their duties for the entire community but for themselves or to at least to retain their power. Often these were made up of people who were born in royal positions or held the position due to wealth. Aristotle considered these governments as ones that were “exercised not by the best but by bad men unjustly” (Oligarchy, n.d.). This was considered the form of government in Sparta when the power laid in the members of the Gerousia, made up of the wealthy and two kings. Monarchies and tyrannies are similar in that they both have their…
Greece, including tyranny, monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy and democracy. An attempt has been made to sort these forms of government according to how harsh they were on the population in general but like ice cream, each of these forms comes in different flavors (Me, 2016). Some tyrannies could have been more liberal than some oligarchies, some monarchies could have been more oppressive than some tyrannies, etc. The final order is at best a generalization. By general rule, Tyranny seems to…
building block for its various government system. Specifically, monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny. oligarchy and democracy in these Greek city-states helped shape each cultures in their own respective way. While some tend to vary strongly in their ways of ruling, many tend to show similarities which only minor differentiating factors. These forms of government we know today are thanks to the these city-states and how they reacted to each of these forms helped shape their minds and customs, which…
HIST 1421 Written Assignment by Samanta Komonaj Introduction Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy and democracy were words that were coined by the Greeks to describe several forms of government. The Greek political system can be traced back to Athens and Sparta, two cities in Greece that was considered as the birth of civilization. This paper will compare and contrast the five forms of government in the ancient Greek city-states. Monarchy Monarchy comes from two Greek words “monos”…
political training. After this round of education the trainees will be set to rule and be the philosopher-kings. Socrates describes four types of people and four different types of constitutions that result when these type of rulers rule the city. He puts this as four stages in the decline of Kallipolis or increasing corruption-The first city is described as timocracy, where people rule and are themselves rued by their own spirited elements such as ambition of love and honor. The followed up…
his point, however, he technically uses five; aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny (Citation). In his eyes, the most optimal type of government is an aristocracy. An aristocracy is basically the government of the best, where the power is held by a small group who is the most grounded in reason. Plato thinks that the philosopher kings should be in charge because they are both the most educated and enlightened class of people in society (citation). An aristocracy eventually…
Compare and contrast monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy as forms of government in Ancient Greek city-states. In today’s world democracy is the most popular and encouraged form of government. However in its history, it was given birth to in an era that witnessed the use and implementation of most of its counterparts. I like to call those forms of government, democracy’s predecessors. Even though some or all of them were practiced after democracy came to existence, they were…
In many ways, the psyche of Malcolm X and Hobbes are very contrastive. But, there were many clear similarities between the two respective philosophers. Political Legitimacy is elaborated upon by each philosopher immensely in each piece of writing. The main differing idea on political legitimacy between the two philosophers was their opinion regarding the government. Malcolm, who grew up experiencing institutional and personal racism, had many critiques of the government. Hobbes is completely…
American Ideology Seen Through the Founders Eyes Jacqueline C. Dubissette-Johnson Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee Abstract The ideology of the Revolutionary War was the American Enlightenment. This was critical for revolution war. The main ideas were the liberalism, republicanism and fear of corruption. The acceptance of concepts by a number of American colonists began an intellectual environment, which would lead to a new sense of political and social identity.…
Plato’s critique of democracy in Republic For as long as human society has existed, there has always been a search for the” best” or most optimal forms of organization of human life within a political community. Despite many controversies related to the concept of democracy, so far democracy is considered to be one of the most optimal and most thoroughly conceptualized way of organizing a political community. Since the rise of first societies people searched for relevant rules that would…