Full Idea
There are four types of constitution: democracy (whose purpose is freedom), oligarchy (for wealth), aristocracy (for education and customs), and monarch or tyranny (for security).
Gist of Idea
The four constitutions are democracy (freedom), oligarchy (wealth), aristocracy (custom), tyranny (security)
Source
Aristotle (The Art of Rhetoric [c.350 BCE], 1365b28-37)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'The Art of Rhetoric', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1991], p.102
A Reaction
An aristocracy seems to be the guardians of tradition and culture (as in an English public school education). The tyranny of Hitler and Stalin did not exactly lead to security. Democracy and aristocracy are the front-runners. Compare Idea 2821.
Related Idea
Idea 2821 The six constitutions are monarchy/tyranny, aristocracy/oligarchy, and polity/democracy [Aristotle]