About the book: year / Here is the work of the greatest ancient Greek philosopher, Plato's student and educator of Alexander the Great - Aristotle (384-322 BC), who had an exceptional influence on the development Western European philosophy. “Politics” presents a detailed analysis of the state and social life of Ancient Greece, made by Aristotle. The undoubted interest of readers will be aroused by Aristotle’s proposed division of forms of government into the best and worst and his theory that aristocracy and monarchy are the best forms of government, and democracy is “the power of the poor majority.”».