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Central to Aristotle’s political thought is his classification of the different types of political constitutions in the Politics. Evaluate.

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  • Western Political Thought

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For Aristotle the polis is the highest association, aiming at the highest good, and its politeia (constitution) is the arrangement of offices that decides who rules and for what end. Book III of the Politics classifies constitutions after a survey credited with 158 constitutions. The scheme is the hinge of his thought, though not its…

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