![]() ![]() ![]() The term was first used by such ancient Greeks as Aristotle and Plato, who used it to describe a system where only the best of the citizens, chosen through a careful process of selection, would become rulers, and hereditary rule would actually have been forbidden, unless the rulers' children performed best and were better endowed with the attributes that make a person fit to rule compared with every other citizen in the polity. ![]() Īt the time of the word's origins in ancient Greece, the Greeks conceived it as rule by the best-qualified citizens-and often contrasted it favorably with monarchy, rule by an individual. The term derives from the Greek: αριστοκρατία ( aristokratíā), meaning 'rule of the best'. Aristocracy (from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā), from ἄριστος ( áristos) 'best', and κράτος (krátos) 'power, strength') is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats. ![]()
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