WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Aristotle was a mild critic “who disliked the power that he thought the expansion of democracy necessarily gave to the poor.” Plato was an opponent of democracy who advocated for “government by the best qualified.” Modern liberal democracy incorporated some of these critiques.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Socrates mind democracy is not in fact, “a system of government where the citizens… held the power” but in fact, a system of government where the ‘wine’ held the power. Socrates objected to democracy because he believed that the masses were uneducated’ and because of this, were susceptible to ‘wine. ‘

Detailed explanation-3: -“Far from it, men of Athens, nor would any other man.” By saying this, he asserts that the men currently running the polis do not consider justice “the most important thing.” In this way, Socrates maintains that Athens is corrupt and failing to live up to its potential as a just and honest democracy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solon (in 594 BC), Cleisthenes (in 508–07 BC), and Ephialtes (in 462 BC) contributed to the development of Athenian democracy.