Plato and Aristotle’s Forms of Government

Plato and Aristotle’s Forms of Government Throughout history, the idea of government has always been altered, discussed, and argued due to the many variation philosophers have created. Plato, a well- known philosopher is known for his book The Republic in which he discusses politics and the way society should run in order to achieve a just society. Plato was born into a aristocratic and dominant family. He lived from 428 B.C to 48 B.C. (Dale 22). Throughout his life, Plato never ceased to expand his knowledge which lead him to create a school of his own; Plato’s Academy. One of Plato’s students, who attended Plato’s academy, was another well-known philosopher named Aristotle. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher born in 384 B.C., as a young child Aristotle was greatly associated with Macedonian court because his father, Nichomachus, was a court physician to King Amanitas II of Macedonia. During his lifetime, Aristotle wrote many narratives, although only few of them managed to exist today. One of his most well known writing was Politics in which he discussed the way human societies were governed and structured. Both Aristotle and Plato have different views on how a government should be formed and the various aspect of society. In The Republic, Plato begins discussing the meaning of justice and its impact on society. As a student of Socrates, Plato also believes teaching through dialogue in a sense that through discussion on will reach the correct conclusion. To Plato justice is not the idea of fairness rather its is the idea of ethical pursuit. Plato discusses two ways to find out what justice cannot argue; find something to represent an individual, a government, and the reasons to pursuit being just. He believes that people of a society should purse justice for the sake of justice rather than what it brings you, although people tend to pursue it for both. What can justice bring to an individual according to Plato? Justice can bring an individual a happy life and