Plato and Aristotle, ancient Greek Philosophers lived 2400 years ago had strong beliefs against tyrannical government.
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Aristotle and Plato brought up in different environment during their livelihoods shared a common interest in government and politics. In government formation, when the absolute power is bestowed upon to a ruler, tyrannical government becomes a norm.
When ruler uses his authoritative power for his own self being rather than working for well being of people, then it is referred as Tyrannical government.
Plato’s school of thought is that inventions and reasoning would be good enough to substantiate a concept and believed it as an ideal form whereas Aristotle’s belief is that reality lies in direct observation and experience. However, when it comes to political theory, both minds converged into same platform of theory.
They wrote many subjects related to tyranny and rule of law. According to them, no one is exempt from the rule of law, including the ruler of government which would ensure that the ruler wouldn’t go corrupt in ruling the government.
Aristotle and Plato’s rule of law concept influenced many people across globe. Americans were influenced by their rule of law and tyrannical government philosophy, and overthrown a dictatorship of British Government 2000 years back, when James Madison, George Washington and other Constitution framers were trying to run as a just government instead of adopting rule of law.
