In doing this, focus primarily on Aristotle’s ideas—describe them in some detail; you’ve already written about Plato and merely need to allude to Plato in discussing how Aristotle’s ideas differ from or are perhaps more modern than Plato’s. And, assess which one’s ideas are better, in your view, and why.

In the Nichomachean Ethics and The Politics, Aristotle criticizes much of Plato’s Republic and presents some very different ideas about government and politics.

In your paper, discuss Aristotle’s preferred system of “polity,” and his logic for preferring it, how it.differs from Plato’s proposed system, and why Aristotle thinks polity is the better system.

In addition, you should discuss Aristotle’s views on at least two other aspects of politics and how these views differ from Plato’s. Some examples of possible topics:

–why political societies exist and what their purposes are

–whether rulers should be a separate class from the common people

–whether property should be held in common or should be private

–how mastery of the household differs from rule of a state

–the difference between rule by wise leaders and the rule of law-

-the relationship between friendship and government

–etc, etc, etc.

You can discuss any two of these topics or other topics in Aristotle’s writings, in addition to the fundamental question about “polity” noted above.

In doing this, focus primarily on Aristotle’s ideas—describe them in some detail; you’ve already written about Plato and merely need to allude to Plato in discussing how Aristotle’s ideas differ from or are perhaps more modern than Plato’s. And, assess which one’s ideas are better, in your view, and why.

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