Oligarchy

The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is a controversial work of literature that offers the frightening reality of how any government is truly ruled. It varies from the popular patriotic belief that our nation does no wrong, and produces the idea that greed, lies, and sin are necessary evils to a functioning nation. During Machiavelli’s time there were many transitions of power, as mankind was still settling in, and it seemed necessary to him to outline steps for the new rulers, the…

Democracy is a form of government that the superior power is in the people directly or by the ones they elected for free. People all over the world have different beliefs about who invented democracy. Some think America did, others believe the Greeks did, and a few believe that the Native Americans where the real founders. After doing some research and reading a few articles I have come to the conclusion that the Greeks were indeed the original founders of American Democracy. The main reason…

According to the Oxford Dictionary, tyranny is defined as a “cruel and oppressive government or rule.” One of Aristotle’s biggest fears in regards to government was tyrannical rule. Tyranny rule is when a person or group in charge puts their own opinions or beliefs before the mass’. It is very evident from history that tyrannical governments ended badly. Some countries went as far as making it nearly impossible for a tyrant to take control. Aristotle believed that if this tyrannical type of…

Ancient Greece was one of the most impactful societies during it’s time and history in general, thanks to how the government system was created and maintained, the plethora of ideologies and philosophies, and the economic system. Greece was the birth of arguably one of the most important government systems ever created now known as a Democracy which is still used today. Philosophies and ideologies impacted the regions nearby and have also affected modern day drastically in many ways. The…

Winston Churchill said “When you mix People & Power, you get Politics.” The term politics originates from Greek word "polis". Aristotle opines that it is "zoon politikon", which means political animal and suggests that man can only reside in a group (i.e public) that necessarily leads to politics. Politics is the study of influence and the influential. Influence is measured on the basis of the number of shares one or a group has in the preferred values or attributes. The more values or…

The individuals I have chosen for my timeline are ones most of who I have never heard of before. I found all of them very interesting in that the historical events related to them have shaped our world today. Cleisthenes came to power during the Athenian Revolution when in the first time in history the common people overthrew a government to form a new one and this event is seen as the birth of democracy. He helped the Athenians develop and form a system of government in which all had a say…

Most ethical arguments do offer claims that can be taken as universally valid or true, there are circumstances when individual’s have to adhere to such position and at times turn to developing favorable as well as unfavorable feelings towards such argument. In other words one has to adjust towards the ideals promoted by the argument. When we analyze Arthur Mill’s work he offers an ethical argument as to what an ideal government ought to be and that needs to be taken as a universally accepted…

Greece and Mesopotamia are two very different civilizations. One difference was the government. Greece was the first democracy in history while Mesopotamia had a theocracy. Another difference was the fact that citizens had a say in government in Greece. Now while that ties into Democracy at the time no one else had thought of anything like it. However, even though they were different these two ancient powerhouses did have some similarity. One similarity was th belief in more then one god. At one…

I agree with both Steven and Dan. The meaning of tyranny of the majority can be broken down. Tyranny means cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control. I feel that tyranny of the majority is an oppression by the majority to the minority. I think if you are part of the majority that your mind conforms to what everyone else in the majority thinks. A good example that was discussed in lecture would be the American Indians. American Indians were the majority in this country until…

The most unsuccessful system of government is dictatorship. It is the most unsuccessful type of government because there is only one person ruling over the whole country and the people do not get to have their say. If people speak in a unsympathetic way about the dictator they could be found guilty for some fictional and freakish reason which in some countries which equals execution. The dictator does not only rule over the people but also dominates over the military which makes the dictator…