Politics
Number of rulers |
legitimate rule | illegitimate rule |
Sole power | monarchy | Tyranny |
Group domination | aristocracy | oligarchy |
Majority rule | Politics | democracy |
The polity ( Greek πολιτεία politeía ) is, according to Aristotle, the name of a community that is guided by the rational or reasonable person to its members and directed. In Aristotle's politics , politics is one of the good forms of rule ; it is legitimate majority rule .
According to the first doctrine of the form of the state in the politics of Aristotle (Arist. Pol. III 6 ff.) It is one of the three good constitutions. The contrast to politics is poor democracy . In the second doctrine of the form of the state (based on empirical observations: Arist. Pol. IV and VI) the politics is a mixed constitution between the oligarchy and the democracy, whereby the officials are to be elected (and not by lot, as in the democracy of Athens ), however There should be no or only a low barrier to the admission of voters (this in turn based on democracy).
Politie is further described in literature on Aristotle's politics .
See also
- Ochlocracy
- Philosopher rule (epistocracy)