In traditional shock cases, this is generally the relieving of pain from injuries or the stopping of blood loss. In an acute stress reaction, this may be pulling a rescuer away from the emergency to calm down, or blocking the sight of an injured friend from a patient.
With this system, Pericles succeeded in keeping the courts full of jurors (Ath. Pol. 27.3), and in giving the people experience in public life. As Athens' ruler, he made the city the first and most important polis of the Greek world, acquiring a resplendent culture and democratic institutions.
In addition, the political scientist must attend to existing constitutions even when they are bad. Aristotle notes that âto reform a constitution is no less a task [of politics] than it is to establish one from the beginning,â and in this way âthe politician should also help existing constitutionsâ (IV.1.1289a1â7).