Post by artsykat on Oct 20, 2016 1:58:44 GMT
Cicero, much like Aristotle, said that aristocracy, kingship, and democracy just aren't perfect. He said that while their acceptable, they can be corrupted, perverted.
(In mention of politics, this kinda made me think of the elections going on today.) Here, in Cicero Commonwealth, there are many examples of what an ideal government would look like. Cicero talks about states being seen as commonwealth, meaning that it's in the hands of the people. There would be equality, liberty, justice and law. Essentially, the states would be a partnership in justice. It's ideal really.
(Now I wonder if something like this could be pulled off in America.) It seems, though, that trough out history, this motive hasn't ever really been put into action and came out to be successful, at least from what I know of. This goes to show that wherever there is power, corruption also lies. That's the main reason as to why the three ways of ruling which are listed above just can't be perfect. With commonwealth, ideally the power would be distributed evenly to the people.
(In mention of politics, this kinda made me think of the elections going on today.) Here, in Cicero Commonwealth, there are many examples of what an ideal government would look like. Cicero talks about states being seen as commonwealth, meaning that it's in the hands of the people. There would be equality, liberty, justice and law. Essentially, the states would be a partnership in justice. It's ideal really.
(Now I wonder if something like this could be pulled off in America.) It seems, though, that trough out history, this motive hasn't ever really been put into action and came out to be successful, at least from what I know of. This goes to show that wherever there is power, corruption also lies. That's the main reason as to why the three ways of ruling which are listed above just can't be perfect. With commonwealth, ideally the power would be distributed evenly to the people.
