Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: 384 BC - 322 BC
Birthday: 384 BC
Death: 322 BC
Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind of oligarchy, as being the rule of a few, and the so-called constitutional government to be really a democracy.
source: Aristotle, Stephen Everson (1996). “Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens”, p.95, Cambridge University Press
topic: Constitutional Government