General
This philosopher had a serious case of Sparta envy.
Who is Plato?
For both philosophers, a just person is ruled by this.
What is their reason?
Plato and Aristotle both lived and worked in this city at the time they wrote the Republic and the Politics.
What is Athens?
This philosopher worked with trichotomies.
List one trichotomy (the full set of three).
Who is Plato?
What are the three parts of the soul: reason, spirit, appetites?
What are the three groups of citizens: producers, auxiliaries, rulers?
What are the three metals: bronze, silver, gold?
According to Plato, this is justice in a state.
What is rule by the most temperate?
What is everyone functioning within their classes?
What is [other stuff along those lines]?
This part of the soul is insatiable.
What is the appetite?
This philosopher argued that women should be trained the same as men.
It is dangerous to have the Many hold power but it is also dangerous to exclude them. Therefore, the most practicable type of constitution is this type.
What is representative government?
What is a polity?
Plato likened addressing fraud through legislation to this.
What is cutting the head off a hydra?
This form of government sees one person ruling in the common interest.
What is a kingship?
Aristotle argued that political participation and share of the state should be based on this.
What is civic goodness? [or something along those lines]
This philosopher worked with dichotomies.
List one (both parts of it).
Who is Aristotle?
Ruling/ruled
Master/slave
Reason/appetites
etc
This philosopher wrote about the final sovereign, which performs this role.
What is judging or ruling where the law cannot? [or something along those lines]
This philosopher wrote about three branches of government.
The three branches are...
Who is Aristotle?
What are the deliberative, the judicial, and the executive?
This 'sea faring' pair of ruler and ruled mutually benefit from their relationship.
Who are a Captain and Sailor?
Plato would ensure order in his ideal state in various ways. One is...
What is Auxiliary enforcement?
What is education?
What is the class system?
There are other options as well.
In Plato's Republic, Producers exchange all political power in exchange for this.
What is the full share of the state?
What are the benefits of the state?
What are selfless/temperate political leaders?
What is being free of the burden of political rule?
Etc.
These are the terms/phrases used by Aristotle to describe viewing inequality in one regard as inequality in all or equality in one regard as equality in all.
You only need one of them.
What is injustice?
What is judging in one's own case?
This philosopher wrote that the most sovereign of the citizen body are the defense forces.
Who is Aristotle?
This trait, according to Plato and Aristotle, is key to being a good political leader. It goes along with ruling in the common interest.
What is temperance?