Blog 5

     1. By looking at the picture Aristotle would have considered the government to be a democracy instead of an oligarchy considering how many people were pictured. Aristotle described a democracy as a government governed by the will of the majority. Although it can be questioned as to if he thought it was an oligarchy considering an oligarchy is ruled by essentially rich people. Aside from considering the government, I don't think Aristotle would have the painting documented like that. He would've thought of the impact the signing of the Declaration of Independence had on the United States and thought it should be more private.

      2. Considering the picture, there are three elements of society used. The first would be social due to how many people they included in the signing. The second would be Intellectual because that was how they chose who would get to sign the Declaration. The last is Political because it had to be high ranked people from each state. 

      3. I kind of touched this title in number 1. I personally think Aristotle would consider the government to be a democracy. Simply based on how many people were in the picture and not knowing anything about the men who signed. Considering if Aristotle learned more about who the people were. He could consider it an oligarchy based on their rank in society and could consider those in the front to be those overseeing everything.

      4.  After doing research, I discovered they were all well respected men in their country. Also each of the men who signed were wealthy land owners. Which proves back in their time and still today, when the more you have the better you look to society.

5. Tocqueville wrote about his observations in Democracy in America  For these reasons, Aristotle is worth reading. The two thinkers shared a number of ideas in common.  Both believed that the soul consisted of rational and non-rational parts. Both maintained that the good society was one in which the rational part of the soul prevailed in the organization of human affairs. Aristotle developed a different concept of rationality, which led him to different conclusions about the nature of the good society.