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Limits of Greek Democracy

pised the mob rule that he saw as a the logical result of democracy. Aristotle, on the other hand, did not live in a democratic state and did not consider democracy the best form of government--but he considered a modified oligarchic-democratic state to be plausible. The apparent contradictions between their ideas and modern notions of equality seem problematic at first, but, as a brief discussion shows, they are part of the debate that takes place at the birth of any new set of ideas.

Socrates did not consider himself a professional educator-philosopher, although he spent much of his life in philosophical conversation with the young men of his native city of Athens. Socrates lived during the Athenian democracy, but he was always extremely skeptical about this form of government and his mistrust was based on a fundamental belief that there was no equality among his fellow citizens in terms of abili

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Limits of Greek Democracy. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 03:56, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1693000.html