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...#9788; Argument about the ends of human life and how humanity can attain them ☼ Plato citizen ☼ Aristotle metic ☼ Both agreed that democracy was not the best regime Why was democracy problematic? ☼ Aristotle o Not all were capable of ruling because not all people had the same reason o Reason must rule over passion and appetites o Not all had the capacity for politics o “You are what you do” people who worked with their hands (women, slaves, farmers, arisans) were seen as people ruled by the body and therefore could not pursue things of virtue Oligarchy ☼ Aristotle also rejected oligarchy (rule of the rich) because citizenship was granted on the basis of wealth ☼ Wealth should not require tending; life should not be devoted to commerce Tyranny ☼ Rule by one person for their own benefit Aristocracy ☼ Rule of the few virtuous ☼ Seen by Aristotle as the best type of regime Polity ☼ Mixture of democracy an...