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 +The term '''aristocracy''' refers to a form of government where [[power]] is [[hereditary]], and split between a small number of families. It is derived from two [[Ancient Greek]] words, "''[[aristos]]''" meaning the "[[best]]" and "''[[kratein]]''" "to rule" and so aristocracy originally meant "rule by the best". Aristocracies have most often been hereditary [[Plutocracy|plutocracies]] (see below), with a belief in their own superiority. Aristocracies often include a monarch who although a member of the aristocracy rules over the aristocracy as well as the rest of society.
 +Aristocracy can also refer to the highest class in society even if they do not rule directly.
 +==Europe==
 +The [[French Revolution]] attacked aristocrats as people who had achieved their status by birth rather than by [[merit]], and this was considered unjust. In the [[United Kingdom]] and other European countries, such as [[Spain]] and [[Denmark]], in which [[hereditary titles]] are still recognised, "aristocrat" still refers to the descendant of one of approximately 7,000 families with hereditary titles, usually still in possession of considerable wealth, though not necessarily so.
 +==Advocates of aristocracy==
 +* [[Aristotle]]
 +* [[Anthony Ludovici]]
 +* [[Charles Baudelaire]]
 +* [[John Calvin]]
 +* [[G. K. Chesterton]]
 +* [[Julius Evola]]
 +* [[Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer]]
 +* [[Heraclitus]]
 +* [[Theodor Herzl]]
 +* [[D. H. Lawrence]]
 +* [[Joseph de Maistre]]
 +* [[Charles Maurras]]
 +* [[Arthur Moeller van den Bruck]]
 +* [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]
 +* [[José Ortega y Gasset]]
 +* [[Plato]]
 +* [[Oswald Spengler]]
 +* [[Alexis de Tocqueville]]
 +* [[Nicolás Gómez Dávila]]
 +* [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]]
 + 
 +==See also==
 + 
 +* [[Gentry]]
 +* [[Honorifics]]
 +* [[Monarchy]]
 +* [[Nobility]]
 +* [[Abaza family]]
 +* [[Old Money]]
 +* [[Peerage]] (United Kingdom)
 +* [[Royal and noble ranks]]
 +* [[Style (manner of address)|Styles]] (manner of address)
 +* [[Royal and noble styles|Styles]] (royal and noble)
 +* [[Forms of address in the United Kingdom|Styles]] (United Kingdom)
 +* [[Title]]s
 +* [[False titles of nobility|Titles]] (false)
 +* [[Hereditary title|Titles]] (hereditary)
 +* [[title of honor|Titles]] (honorary)
 +* [[Social capital]]
 +* [[Social environment]]
 +* [[Symbolic capital]]
 +* [[Honour]]
 +* [[Moral responsibility]]
 + 
 +{{GFDL}}

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The term aristocracy refers to a form of government where power is hereditary, and split between a small number of families. It is derived from two Ancient Greek words, "aristos" meaning the "best" and "kratein" "to rule" and so aristocracy originally meant "rule by the best". Aristocracies have most often been hereditary plutocracies (see below), with a belief in their own superiority. Aristocracies often include a monarch who although a member of the aristocracy rules over the aristocracy as well as the rest of society. Aristocracy can also refer to the highest class in society even if they do not rule directly.

Europe

The French Revolution attacked aristocrats as people who had achieved their status by birth rather than by merit, and this was considered unjust. In the United Kingdom and other European countries, such as Spain and Denmark, in which hereditary titles are still recognised, "aristocrat" still refers to the descendant of one of approximately 7,000 families with hereditary titles, usually still in possession of considerable wealth, though not necessarily so.

Advocates of aristocracy

See also




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