When you start mixing politics and philosophy, you get a strange mixture of theories that work in theory itself but have never been tested in practice. ... To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth. ... Plato's Utopia consists of three class systems. These class systems are distinct and non-hereditary. ... Aristotle looks upon this ruling class system as an ill-conceived political structure. ...

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Machiavellian theory derives from the unrest of the citizens and the need for princes to squash rebellion by whatever means possible. ... Later in this same century, Martin Luther began publishing his own theories on how political systems should be constructed. ... The problem with this theory, and Luther addresses this himself, is that the population is not made up entirely of Christians. ... He moved back to Machiavelli's notion of the nature of man, but then extended that theory into what he called the "state of nature". ... According to Locke's design for an efficient and just p...

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To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth. ... It is necessary to look at several areas of each theory to seek the difference in each. ... Plato's utopia consists of three distinct, non-hereditary class systems (Hacker 32). ... Aristotle looks upon this ruling class system as an ill-conceived political structure (Hacker 86). ... The theory of Democracy that Aristotle derived states that democracy is a "perversion" form of government of "polity" (Hacker 92). ...

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Some of these philosophes included John Locke who's main philosophy was that there was no such government under the Divine Right of Kings theory, Voltaire who's primary focus was individual liberty and Cesare Beccaria who was mainly against capital punishment and identified new directions in the system of criminal law. ... This theory, known as the Divine Rights of Kings, asserted that God chose some people to rule on earth in his will. ... His theory was that if the government did not protect these rights, the citizens had the right to overthrow the government and choose a new lea...

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After reading a few articles on democracy and discussing it with others some new ideas and theories have came to mind. ... Its how the voting system is set up that really separates America from how other countries run their governments. ... Democracy is an imperfect system because humans control democracy in America and as every American is human, no one is perfect. This means our government system is imperfect as well. ...

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He was frustrated with the undergraduate system then. ... His whole political theory is based on his perception of human nature. He did believe in Hobbes's, 'means satisfy the ends' theory but only to a certain extent. ... He might seem to be straightforward but he adds to his philosophy a theory of morals which could be really confusing. ... It is mentioned above that his theories could get confusing, or more like overlapping. ...

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From its outbreak in 1798, the Revolution touched and transformed social values and political systems in France, Europe, and eventually throughout the world. ... One is to refute the doctrine of the divine and the absolute right of the Monarch, and to establish a theory which would reconcile the liberty of the citizen with political order. ... Perhaps most importantly, Locke introduced the system of checks and balances, which was later the foundation on which the US government was founded. ...

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Rousseau argues that, in theory, if those laws are broken, power returns to the people and men return to the state of nature. ... Only when mankind has developed sufficiently to need and desire can the modern system of inequality actually appear. ...

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Hobbes - founder of modern social thought - tried to explain nature of man and society w/out recourse to assumptions of Greco-Christian tradition - born 1588 - Only certain principle of human conduct was self preservation - Descarte- humans could still know reality even if no resemblance between our sense experience and external world - Elements of Philosophy physics, psychology, & political implications sections, basis of work - Theory hold that all social relations are artificial & are products of calculation rather than impulse or affection - Humans must give their consent to absolu...

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