Aristotle politics: practical lessons in politics and democracy

Games: Politics

1. Trivia

2. 4 pics 1 word

3. Scrambled letters

A. Plato vs Aristotle

1. Plato was fundamentally an idealist

"philosophers should have the great power to rule"

2. Aristotle was realistic

" there are no ideal state, only existing ones"

Man in nature is a political animal and those who live outside is either a beast or a God

(Because man in nature like bees and ants etc is social to its kind and if one doesnt want that life then
that one doesnt belong to that group)

Eudemonia - hapiness

" mans natural end is the good life which is to be found only in the state"

Government: Aristotelian Typology

Graphs*

(If it is good, it is ideal. If it becomes bad, its perverted)

Graph 2*

Parts of state

1. Citizenship

-has the right to participate in deliberative or judicial office

2. Sovereignty
-the man in power has the control of the sphere

3. Justice

-equitable

4. Law

-law is rational and not affected by emotions

5. Branches of Government

-powers are distributed so there will be check of accounts

*Legislative

*Judiciary

*Executive

Practical reasons

1. Studied excessively

2. Voting, cleaning, paying taxes, petition, volunteer

3. Respect

4. How members in the society are to behave

5.