Aristoteles Vs Plato

            To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of .
             politics is to first examine each theory in depth. Plato is regarded .
             by many experts as the first writer of political philosophy, and .
             Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. These two .
             men were great thinkers. They each had ideas of how to improve .
             existing societies during their individual lifetimes. It is necessary .
             to look at several areas of each theory to seek the difference in .
             each. .
             The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. He creates a .
             blueprint for a utopian society, in his book The Republic, out of his .
             disdain for the tension of political life (Hacker, 24). This blueprint .
             was a sketch of a society in which the problems he thought were .
             present in his society would be eased (Hacker 24). Plato sought to .
             cure the afflictions of both human society and human personality .
             (Hacker 24). Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect .
             society. .
             Aristotle, unlike Plato, is not concerned with perfecting .
             society. He just wants to improve on the existing one. Rather than .
             produce a blueprint for the perfect society, Aristotle suggested, in .
             his work, The Politics, that the society itself should reach for the .
             best possible system that could be attained (Hacker 71). Aristotle .
             relied on the deductive approach, while Aristotle is an example of an .
             inductive approach (Hacker 71). Utopia is a solution in abstract, a .
             solution that has no concrete problem (Hacker 76). There is no solid .
             evidence that all societies are in need of such drastic reformation as .
             Plato suggests (Hacker 76). Aristotle discovers that the best possible .
             has already been obtained (Hacker 76). All that can be done is to try .
             to improve on the existing one. .
             Plato's utopia consists of three distinct, non-hereditary .
             class systems (Hacker 32). The Guardians consist of non ruling .
             Guardians and ruling Guardians. The non-rulers are a higher level of .
             civil servants and the ruling is the society's policy makers (Hacker .