Introduction Since the beginning of ancient history the main question for political philosophy is how a human being exists in society, who should govern society, how it should be society is governed, who are the best rulers and how they should behave, what is right and what is unfair, is it better to be governed fairly or not, how should states be structured? These are the main questions of political philosophy, which to this day are rigorously discussed. The main tasks of political philosophers are to analyze the nature of the human being and evaluate the ways in which an individual relates to the society in which he lives. The study of human nature is one of the most important aspects of political science and philosophy. In the process of creating a form of government it is essential to understand the innate characteristics of human nature to avoid bad governance for the whole society and to arrive at the ways in which people should be governed most effectively. Since ancient times the roots of the justification of political power were linked to aspects of human nature. Political philosophers try to establish principles according to which it will be possible to justify a particular form of government and state, it will be possible to prove that individuals have their inalienable rights, it will be possible to see how to rightly share material and natural resources within society and its members, but the question is whether these principles have universal validity or only have the meaning of assumptions about the particular political society? Plato, Aristotle and Machiavelli spent their lives stating what form of government is good and who should govern, what kind of... middle of paper... The prince should know what to do and should do what is necessary. Philosopher kings are willing to make the necessary sacrifices because it is for the good of the state. Both philosophers realized that it is necessary for a ruler to have complete power and both agreed that a virtue is needed to create a good state and without virtue any state will fail. Machiavelli stated that the people should be left alone to support the ruler. , while Plato argued that the government must interfere with people to make their lives virtuous. Machiavelli's prince is oriented towards maintaining his power, while Plato's philosopher king is concerned with his people and not with his own power.ⅢAristotle was Plato's student and