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This	 paper	 will	 be	 looking	 at	 the	 classical	 political	 theories	 of	 Plato,	 Aristotle	 and	 Thucydides	 on democracy	 to	 prove	 they	 are	 still	 relevant	 and	 applicable,	 as	 well	 as	 looking	 into	 the	 problem	 of democratic	 corruption.	 This	 paper	 will	 be	 split	 into	 three	 sections.	 The	 first	 section	 will	 explore these	 philosophers’	 theories	 on	 different	 types	 of	 constitutions	 and	 explore	 what	 forms	 the	 basis for	 their	 theories	 upon	 democracy.	 The	 second	 section	 will	 develop	 an	 applicable	 “classical political	 theory	 on	 democracy,”	 distilled	 from	 these	 authors’	 arguments.	 The	 final	 section	 will	 be applying	 classical	 political	 theory	 to	 contemporary	 American	 trends	 to	 show	 how	 significant these	 theories	 are	 even	 today.	 This	 paper	 will	 be	 proving	 that,	 through	 the	 eyes	 of	 classical political	 theory,	 the	 main	 problem	 with	 democracy	 is	 that	 it	 has	 no	 safeguards	 against	 the destructive	 side	 of	 human	 nature.	 Because	 democracy’s	 inherent	 nature	 to	 reflect	 the	 will	 and desires	 of	 its	 citizenry,	 it	 ends	 up	 being	 as	 corruptible	 as	 people	 are.	 In	 conclusion,	 the	 solutions to	 problems	 of	 democracy	 have	 been	 known	 all	 along,	 but	 require	 a	 level	 of	 civic	 engagement	 that most	 citizens	 are	 unwilling	 to	 give.

Classical Political Philosophy and Modern Democracy