Cicero+summary

Summarize the readings here

Cicero's (as shown by Scipio's position) argument concerning the deficiencies of democracy are similar to Aristotles - that the rich are thought by the mob to be the most virtuous and the best. Scipio then proposes the aristocracy as an alternative between mob disorder/ and the greed and vice that manifests due to tyranny. However Scipio continues to advocate monarchy as the best form of government (pp 24 section 54).