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Aristotle Classification of Government

Aristotle classifies government into three categories based on the number of rulers: monarchy (best) vs. tyranny (worst), aristocracy (best) vs. oligarchy (worst), and polity (best) vs. democracy (worst). He argues that the normal forms of government aim to serve the people, while the perverted forms serve the rulers' interests. Aristotle views monarchy and aristocracy as the best forms of government, while acknowledging democracy as suitable for contemporary regimes, albeit with concerns about its potential for degeneration.

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Aristotle Classification of Government

Aristotle classifies government into three categories based on the number of rulers: monarchy (best) vs. tyranny (worst), aristocracy (best) vs. oligarchy (worst), and polity (best) vs. democracy (worst). He argues that the normal forms of government aim to serve the people, while the perverted forms serve the rulers' interests. Aristotle views monarchy and aristocracy as the best forms of government, while acknowledging democracy as suitable for contemporary regimes, albeit with concerns about its potential for degeneration.

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Aristotle has classified the government on the

basis of number ruler/s


RULE NORMAL FORM PERVERTED FORM/
BEST FORM WORST FORM

Rule by One Monarchy Tyranny


Rule by Few Aristocracy Oligarchy
Rule by Many Polity Democracy
Aristotle's view on the Form of Government

For thee purpose of classifying government,


Aristotle has divided the government into
following parts:
Monarchy and Tyranny: Aristotle says,
Monarchy is the rule of one person for the good
of the people and tyranny is the rule of the one
person for his selfish ends.
Aristocracy and Oligarchy: For this, Aristotle
says: Aristocracy is the rule of the few for the
interest of the people and Oligarchy is the rule
of the few for their selfish interests.
Polity and Democracy: According to Aristotle,
Polity is the rule of the many in the interests of
the people and democracy is the rule of the
the
many for their own interests.
According to Aristotle:
Tyranny was the degenerated from of
monarchy, oligarchy the regenerated form
of aristocracy and democracy the
regenerated form of polity.
He says:
Monarchy, Aristocracy and Polity were
normal form of government whose aim is
to serve to the people.
He says on the other hand:
Tyranny, Oligarchy and Democracy were
perverted form of government whose
interest is to rule over people for their
own interests.
in the Aristotle's view:
Monarchy and Aristocracy are best form of
government. Democracy is best system for
today's regime; however, he understood
the democracy as Bhid-Tantra.
Cycle of Government

MonarchyTyrannyAristocracy

Democracy PolityOligarchy

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