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Aristotle & The Three Right Types of Constitution

Aristotle considers the three right types of constitutions: Monarchy, better known to be the government by the virtuous one, Aristocracy, known also to be government by the little best, and Constitutional government, or what Aristotle calls Politeia, which can be translated as the government by the many, under the rule of law.
The perversions of these constitutions are, in the same order, on top being tyranny or government by one despot, oligarchy or government by the wealthy few and democracy or government by mob rule. Plato, Aristotle’s me...

Posted by: Andres Cisneros

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