Aristotle's Unequal Leadership In Ancient Israel

The life in Ancient Israel was based on covenants and spiritual loyalty to the god which led to the unequal leadership of a single person. Aristotle perceived such leadership as insufficient since he thrived on an idea of Polis, in other words, a perfect community of households in which all individuals had a purpose. Likewise, Aristotle considered the involvement and purpose of citizens to be detrimental for having a prosperous nation. However, the people of Ancient Israel were ignorant in terms of economy, leadership and self-government and they needed an individual to preside over them. First of all, the leaders of Ancient Israel regarded the god as the only tutor of their kingship. Although they were at the top of civilization, the leaders did not make crucial decisions or efforts to improve the prosperity of their civilization. They perceived the Lord as the only superior force and followed his steps blindly. For example, although David’s life was threatened by Saul, he still did not want to kill him because Saul had a covenant with the God and maintaining divine connection with the god was of highest importance. “The Lord forbid that I should do things to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is the lord’s anointed”( A reader,pg39) . Contrarily to this belief, the Greek were more sophisticated and Aristotle thought the role
He believed in a sense of community in which the people who held offices contributed together to the development of the nation. In addition to that, Aristotle perceived