As Plato's disciple Aristotle was rather critical concerning democracy and, following the outline of certain ideas from Plato's Statesman, he developed a coherent theory of integrating various forms of power into a so-called mixed state:
æz plˈɑːɾoʊz dɪsˈaɪpəl ˈæɹɪstˌɑːɾəl wʌz ɹˈæðɚ kɹˈɪɾɪkəl kənsˈɜːnɪŋ dᵻmˈɑːkɹəsi ænd, fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ðɪ ˈaʊtlaɪn ʌv sˈɜːʔn̩ aɪdˈiəz fɹʌm plˈɑːɾoʊz stˈeɪtsmən, hiː dɪvˈɛləpt ɐ koʊhˈɪɹənt θˈiəɹi ʌv ˈɪntᵻɡɹˌeɪɾɪŋ vˈɛɹiəs fˈɔːɹmz ʌv pˈaʊɚɹ ˌɪntʊ ɐ sˌoʊkˈɔːld mˈɪkst stˈeɪt: