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Latest revision as of 04:02, 30 March 2016
The Classical Greek philosopher Plato discusses five types of regimes (Republic, Book VIII).
These five regimes progressively degenerate starting with Aristocracy at the top and Tyranny at the bottom.
Contents
The regimes
The regimes are:
- Aristocracy
- Timocracy
- Oligarchy
- Democracy
- Tyranny
The men
Plato also assigns a man to each of these regimes to illustrate what they stand for.
The tyrannical man would represent Tyranny, for example.
See also
External links
- Plato's five regimes @ Wikipedia
