GREEK POLITICAL THOUGHT

Hellow friend today we will learn about the greek political thought.

(Introduction)
Greece was the centre of political philosophy in ancient Europe. Greece is
situated in the southern tip of Europe. People of Greece lived in City States. A
City State was not a city. It was not a state also. It was a community of people
living together. The people of Greek based their political concepts around the City States.

 They believed that a City State should be small so that it can be fully viewed from the roof top of every house. They thought that the population should not be more than 5040.

 Slavery was a feature of the state. The slaves formed majority of the population. All the problems of the state should be directly decided by the citizens. It is called direct democracy. People directly participated in law making. Thegovernment and administration were run directly by the people. They thought that only they are civilized. They considered all others as barbarians.

So they did not study about other empires. For them, the State was

like a religion. The individual had no private life. There was no place for

individualism in Greek city states. At the same time, they respected the

individuals and their sentiments. Every individual should perform each and every

function. There was no division of labour. There was no difference between rights of individuals and rights of the state.

The people of Greece lived in peace. So, the people of Greece had very calm

and clear minds. Therefore, they were able to think about various questions of

life. Thus they developed their philosophy. Political thought was part of their

philosophy. There were many philosophers in Greece. Socrates, Plato and

Aristotle were great Greek political thinkers.

So this is all about the greek political thought.