• LIke Plato, A. put virtue of the rulers above consent of the ruled.
• Both would refer it if the submit voluntarily to be ruled.
• "The idea of a king is to be a protector of the rich against unjust treatment, of the people against insult & oppression"
• Aristocracy was defined by A. as: " a government formed of the best men absolutely".

Aristocracy & monarchy = the perfect state.
The deteriorated form of aristocracy = oligarchy in which government by the wealthy is carried on for their own benefit rather than that of the whole state.