Following Aristotle, Aquinas prefers a mixed polity that is primarily monarchical because he thinks that is the most satisfactory way of arranging society, but the king governs only through the grace of God and his laws are valid only if consistent with God's laws (revealed will or natural law).
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“he prefers a mixed polity the same kind of an of a polity that aristotle approves of in the politics and he preferred to be monarchical”
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Great Minds - Aquinas' Summa Theologica: The Thomist Synthesis and its Political and Social Content— Michael SugrueCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:34:04 PM
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