Plato and Aristotle on constitutionalism : an exposition and reference source
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Plato and Aristotle on constitutionalism : an exposition and reference source
（Avebury series in philosophy）
Ashgate, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-317) and index
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Description
This text, with its definitions of contract theories and political concepts and its treatment of constitutionalism builds, a link from Plato and Aristotle to the present. It compares Plato and Aristotle's principle points of agreement and disagreement including neglected and misunderstood concepts. Concluding that Plato and Aristotle are not too relevant to the modern scientific-industrial ago (and outdated with regard to women and slavery), but they did contribute to eventual development of the scientific attitude and modern limited government (constitutionalism).
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The idea of constitutionalism: overview
- confusion of staticism with stability - nomenclature, need for nomenclature, constitutionalism, corrective constitutionalism preventive constitutionalism, curative constitutionalism institutional arrangements, inherent limitations, mixed, balanced government
- assessments. Part 2 Athenian constitutional background: overview
- the passing of Athenian and Greek supremacy - the Peloponnesian War - class war
- assessments. Part 3 Biographical note on Plato: early years - birth and lineage, connections with the White Terror, influence of Socrates and the Sophists
- middle years - Plato in Sicily and Italy, Plato and The Academy
- final years - life's work, life's end
- problems and interpretation. Part 4 Plato's ideal political theory - The Republic: overview
- exposition - imperfect government by fallible men requires justice, elitism, asceticism, and education, indoctrination and education for justice and security, balancing and unifying of classes, environmentalism, eugenics and religion, cardinal virtues of the ideal sate, justice based on hierarchical specialization, women, breeding, and social mobility, doubts of practicality, scepticism, philosophy, and praxis, cycle of forms of government, aristocracy yields of timocracy, timocracy yields to oligarchy, oligarchy yields to democracy, description of democracy, democracy breeds tyranny, tyranny worst and kingship best, divine rule
- assessments. Part 5 Plato's more realistic political theory - The Statesman: overview
- exposition - scientific and imitative forms of government, inherent human capabilities, good laws and wise rulers, a heaven-born race and system
- assessments. Part 6 Plato's more sophisticated political theory - The Laws: overview
- exposition - peace and happiness preferable to war, the golden cord between God and humanity and among humanity - reason and law intertwined, a multiple governmental contract, ignorance a cause of ruin, natural right to rule, division of powers with checks and balances, constitutional monarchy advocated, rugged, masculine education to produce strong character, rule of law by elected magistrates conducive to patriotism and unity, danger of too much freedom for he multitude, location and composition of colonies, God and the tyrant legislate together, hierarchical polity and the rule of law, God's will is justice, example and admonition to train the young, three best forms of the state, limitations of riches and occupation. (Part contents).
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