Sensible Truth on The Medlock Post Ep. 5: Aristotle on Self Rule

Aristotle taught that in decent regimes the best rulers are the ("kah-loss kah-gah-thos") kalos kagathoi-the morally excellent gentlemen who govern through reason and persuasion. Yet Aristotle also taught that all regimes eventually denigrate into something less noble. In those that have become indecent, the gentleman may be unsuited for public office. When both habits and institutions have been corrupted, the kalos kagathos may be too refined, too punctilious, to do what is necessary.