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“Of the forms of government in which one rules, we call that a kingship; that in which more than one but not many rule, we call aristocracy: when citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called _______.”

– Aristotle

What system of government best completes the statement from this philosopher from Athens?


theocracy
monarchy
oligarchy
democracy

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A democracy because in Greek the word demos and Kratos respectively means

"people" - demos "rule" - kratos
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