Pathos - APEX :))
Machiavelli's theory of government is called Kyklos. This is a cyclical government that rotates from democracy to aristocracy to monarchy and then ochlocracy to oligarchy to tyranny and finally anarchy.
According to Aristotle: Monarchy (Rule by One) which degraded to Tyranny (Rule by an absolute ruler) Aristocracy (Rule by the Best) which degraded to Oligarchy(Rule by the Few) Democracy (People Power) which degraded to Ochlocracy (Mob Power).
He postulated three - Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy. He said that each degraded - Monarchy to Tyranny, Aristocracy to Oligarchy, and Democracy to Ochlocracy.
507 BCE Cleisthenes established a limited democracy. This went back to oligarchy during the Persian invasion. 462 BCE Ephialtes reintoduced a full democracy. mid 440s BCE Pericles expelled conservatives and established a radical democracy driven by the citizen assembly.
An Oligarchy = rule by the few. Aristotle said that an Oligarchy was a degraded form of Aristocracy = rule by the best. Sparta was a limited democracy - citizens in assembly voted on issues put before them but could not discuss or raise issues. Athens became a radical democracy where citizens in assembly raised, discussed and decided on issues.
Monarchy Tyranny Aristocracy Oligarchy Democracy Ochlocracy
First a king, then an aristocracy, then a tyrant, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then a king.
An aristocracy government was ruled by one King/Queen, an oligarchy government was ruled by the few.
Government by the few is an oligarchy, by a single powerful ruler an autocracy, and by the landed gentry an aristocracy.
Machiavelli's theory of government is called Kyklos. This is a cyclical government that rotates from democracy to aristocracy to monarchy and then ochlocracy to oligarchy to tyranny and finally anarchy.
According to Aristotle: Monarchy (Rule by One) which degraded to Tyranny (Rule by an absolute ruler) Aristocracy (Rule by the Best) which degraded to Oligarchy(Rule by the Few) Democracy (People Power) which degraded to Ochlocracy (Mob Power).
Aristotle classified six forms of political constitution: tyranny, monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy, democracy and finally, polity
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
Democracy monarchy aristocracy
Democracy
He postulated three - Monarchy, Aristocracy and Democracy. He said that each degraded - Monarchy to Tyranny, Aristocracy to Oligarchy, and Democracy to Ochlocracy.