Problem demokracji w starożytności
The Problem of Democracy in Antiquity

Summary/Abstract: The radical criticism of democracy in Plato’s philosophy, and the realistic approach to it in the philosophy of Aristotle, as well as the attempt of adopting its merits to create the optimal political system of the state seem to suggest that each concrete political system is connected with objective circumstances, such as its correctness and goodness. Democracy cannot be the aim for itself, it cannot be absolutized, on the contrary – it must be estimated how it serves to realize the good life of all citizens of a political community, and if necessary it must be corrected, even changed into other system, more suitable to the circumstances. The ancient philosophers show that when certain objective conditions are neglected then every political system is endangered by its degeneration.

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