I was wondering what did the Ancient Greeks view as the perfect city-state? I know about the idea of the Utopian society but I don't know if this is what the GREEKS viewed as the perfect society or is it just a Greek word that Thomas More used for his idea of the perfect society.
If someone can clarify this, I'd appreciate it.
2007-01-13 05:09:41 · 2 answers · asked by Johnathan H 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There was no single conception of an ideal city-state. For Sparta, the ideal was military discipline; for Athens and other states, it was democracy; for some, the ideal was a monarchy or dictatorship.
Philosophers who theorized about the ideal state tended to approve of oligarchy (Plato) or limited aristocracy (Aristotle). They did not use the word "Utopia," which is More's invention.
2007-01-14 05:36:26 · answer #1 · answered by angel_deverell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-13 05:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by sd_waterman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋