Natural Superiority Justifies Aristocracy
After brainstorming for a couple of days as to what to write for this paper I found myself incapable of writing about anything regarding the ancient world. Every tempting topic was either not directly related to ancient history or the time frame. When the aristocratic system in Athens came into mind I proceeded to gather the necessary information to write an organized, coherent and informative essay. The research led me to reading about Aristotle's Politic; an extensive analysis on society and the constitutions of democracy, oligarchy and his favorite, aristocracy. To my surprise the reading led me to question why he favored the former system and not a direct democracy. The answer was in one of the preceding chapters. Thus, it was through this process of questioning that I arrived to the most offensive portion of Aristotle's moral and political thought yet the root to his predilection for the upper class.
Aristotle's preference to......
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