Aristotle: Politics Book One, Chpts. 1-8 In the first eight chapters of Politics, Aristotle seems to have one primary goal in mind. ... He goes on to say that since city-states aim higher than other communities to involve all people, they are a political community. ... In the second part of this chapter, Aristotle explains how a city-state is formed. ... He goes on to state that men are, compared to animals, the most political of creatures, and that it is natural for them to belong to a city-state. ... Aristotle also first mentions that if slavery involves force, than it is unjust. ...

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Aristotle's Politics is a continuation of his Nicomachean Ethics, whose investigation of what is the supreme good for a human being he conceives as "a sort of political science", politike tis (I.2.1094b11). ... By "the collected political systems" (Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17), Aristotle means a collection of constitutional histories of 158 Greek city-states which Aristotle had prepared as a basis for his lectures on politics; by comparison, the United Nations currently recognizes only 174 independent nation-states on earth today. ... At any rate, Aristotle had a very large empirical d...

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When he arrived there the Academy had been open for twenty years, also Plato was in Sicily on a political calling. The Academy was highly involved in the politics of the time. ... Aristotle had begun his work Politics on Assos as well as On Kingship (which is now lost). His time in Assos was ended by political events. ... Other essential works include his Rhetoric, his Poetics, and his Politics. ...

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It is in people's nature to live together, to form social groups and ultimately to form a political community, in ancient Greek times known as a polis.1 However, according to Aristotle, living in a polis does not necessarily mean that one also is a full citizen of that polis and so the question arises; "Who should be able to be a citizen in a polis?... " However, Aristotle defined a common denominator for citizenship. ... To overcome this Aristotle changes his basic rules. ... Aristotle thought of slavery as a natural and useful thing and in his book "Politics" he take...

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Aristotle's theory behind political science has claimed that it is above all other sciences, combining them all to benefit the society in whole. ... Based on Aristotle's view of political science, politicians need to determine which sciences need to be in communities. ... Another major recent technological advance which could be debated with Aristotle's political science view is the current development of nuclear energy systems. ... They see this type of advance to be a great benefit to society, in agreement to Aristotle's view of political science. ... Politicians a...

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Aristotle argues that man is political by nature due to speech. ... In his book "Politics," Aristotle begins his work by outlining his ideas concerning human nature and the formation of what he calls political associations. In his pursuit to validate political societies, Aristotle argues that these associations originate out of natural necessity. ... Through the creation of political associations men become political animals in part, however this social tendency is not what essentially classifies man as a political animal according to Aristotle. ... This distinction between man and other anima...

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Aristotle Consider Aristotle to be one of the three greatest thinkers of all time. ... Moreover, he wrote on epistemology (the study of the nature of knowledge), physics, biology, meteorology, dynamics, mathematics, psychology, rhetoric, dialect, aesthetics and politics (23). ... Other very influential aspects of Aristotle's work are his ideas on ethics and politics. ... Making an immense contribution to democratic government Aristotle said, "Man is by nature a political animal. ... His contributions to the study of ethics, politics, aesthetics, and metaphysics are particularly signif...

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The state existed in nature prior to its discovery by man, and "a human being is by nature a political animal, and anyone who is without a city-state" is not by definition a man (Aristotle, 4). ... Politics, active through formal government, was a constructed means for resisting chaos. Refuting Plato's theory, by asserting that Politics is not an imagined aspect of a dream world, to the contrary, it is an inherent instinct of men. ... Aristotle does not dispute that this could work in a political dream world, however, his political vision is better suited for a more down-to-earth city-s...

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What is Aristotle's view of ruling in the "politics"? ... This essay will give an idea what was Aristotle's view of ruling in the "politics" and only some, example, Men were able to rule and others were not because of either they were females or happened to be slaves. ... Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. ... Aristotle, despite the fact that being a student of Plato, later on we see that his views start to diverged as Plato was a "Utopian thinker of the existence of order while Aristotle was not".1 Aristotle is generally regarded as one of the most influential think...

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Aristotle believed that a person who has difficulty behaving ethically is morally imperfect. ... According to Aristotle, we only should be praised and blamed for which we can be held responsible. ... Moreover, in book V, Aristotle defines distributive justice as "the distribution of honors, wealth, or whatever can be divided among those who share in the political system". This is clearly the task of a political leader. ... Furthermore, Aristotle argues that people act justly or unjustly voluntary. ...

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" (The Politics, 1259a37. 92). ... " (The Politics, 1259b17. 92). ... " (Political Writings, IX. 5. , 252). ... " (Political Writings, IX. 7. , 252). ... " (Political Writings, IX. 7. , 253). ...

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Weeks English 101 10/21/01 Aristotle was a student at the academy of Plato in Athens, from age 17 to 37. ... Aristotle says, " Political society exists for the sake of noble actions and not of mere companionship"(Jacobus). Aristotle bases his concept of justice on the idea of equality. ... Aristotle says that most men believe justice to be equality, but not for all, but only for equals. ... Many of Aristotle's ideas are still problems in society today. ...

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Aristotle was a teacher and studied under Plato at the academy and attended his lectures for a period of twenty years. ... I believe that according to Aristotle, the state was the beginning of all. ... This is why I think that Aristotle believed the state came first. He thinks that the state is a political partnership that comes into being for purpose of self-sufficiency but exists primarily for the sake of living well. ... Aristotle wrote much about rationality and irrationality of humans, and how much of each we share with animals. ...

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Aristotle Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece, and one of the greatest minds in human history. ... Aristotle was born in 384 BC to Nicomachus, a physician of Mayntas II of Macedon. ... Aristotle's theories and works included different fields, from logic, philosophy, and ethics to physics, biology, psychology, politics, and rhetoric. ... Aristotle also came up with other very abstract theories. ... Aristotle retired to a family estate in Euboea in 322, and died one year later. ...

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Aristotle's view on citizenship is one of the largest points of argument in his composition of The Politics. ... This is not the case according to Aristotle's views on political participation. ... Obviously, in today's politics, women play a much larger role than in the concepts of Aristotle. The other faction that was excluded from political participation was the slaves of Aristotle's time. ... As in Aristotle's citizenship models, women were excluded from the polis political life. ...

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Aristotle was a philosopher who lived from 384 B.C. to 322 B.C. ... Many of Plato's ideologies were presented in Aristotle's works. Aristotle demonstrated his political views in The Politics and The Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle stated, "Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good, but if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other." ... By nature, man is political; thus, the state is a natural...

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However, with such a definition of a political animal a conundrum arises that can only be solved by Aristotle's teleology. Man needs to be a political animal to engage in the state but there needs to be a state for man to be a political animal. ... In Aristotle's thinking, the activities that derive from man being a political animal such as debating the nature of justice are almost synonymous with the consequences, namely a virtuous life. ... Morality is not directly implanted by nature but is an indirect natural occurrence; we are political animals and form households, villages and ...

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To Aristotle, "all men desired to know." ... And then there was Politics, " the most authoritative and master art...". The ultimate endeavor of Politics culminated in the "citizen". ... For Aristotle, politics was the supreme science that knowledge created. ... The easiest way to do that is to get involved in the political process. ...

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Aristotle and Hobbs 10 February 2004Aristotle and Hobbes Aristotle argues that valid conduct, as defined by the law, is acting in accordance with virtue. ... Since all political things are designed to pursue one end, justice and injustice would apply to the level to which these things are addressed. ... The scope of Aristotle's legal system must encompass everyone. ... The highest good cannot have anything above it; therefore politics are formed with which all other things are subordinated (1730). ... Aristotle assigns political power based on merit and virtue, arguing that those ...

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The concept of the "polis" was an ideal state and came from the writings of great political thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. ... The very fact that Plato and Aristotle saw imperfections in the societies in which they lived, prompted them to write their political philosophies. ... In his writings his "The Politics", Aristotle states that "Man is by nature a political animal"(The Politics, 1) in another words, it lies deep within the instinct of man. ... So according to Aristotle Politics is not a dreamt up concept, but rather an inherent feature of mankind. ... Leftwich states ...

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Numerous experts in modern time regard Plato as the first genuine political philosopher and Aristotle as the first political scientist. ... Aristotle to Plato had great theory but which ones would you agree with. Aristotle has his philosophy for the purpose of human nature. ... Thus, according to Aristotle, a happy life for human beings is a life governed by reason. Aristotle believed that a person who has difficulty behaving ethically is morally imperfect. ...

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Aristotle defines happiness as actions that are pleasant to a virtuous man. ... Justice is defined by Aristotle as proportion and equality. ... A friendship like this will last based on the principles of Aristotle because they are both making correct choices and the right actions with the other in mind which forms a bond in which Aristotle believes cannot be broken. Relationship of Ethics and Politics is described as "political society exists for the sake of the good life". I believe that Aristotle creates a sense that politics can be seen in not only government but any governing b...

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And for that I am very thankful for Aristotle and all that he believed in. ... Aristotle was born is Stagira, in northern Greece in 384 BC. ... Aristotle defines virtue as a dispositon developed over time. ... Society needed a form of government and politics. The state is the basis of his political thoughts. ...

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He used a political metaphor to define health and disease. The political metaphor was "The equality of the opposing powers which make up the body (the wet, the dry, the hot, the cold, the sweet, the bitter etc.)preserve health, whereas the monarchy of any one of them produces disease." ... Aristotle Aristotle was born in 384 BCE. in Stagirus, Greek. ... The surviving works of Aristotle probably represent only a small piece of the whole thing, they include his investigations of logic, philosophy, and ethics to physics, biology, psychology, politics, and rhetoric. Aristotle goal was to develop ...

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Unlike Homeric gods, who are controlled by human emotions, Plato sees this Demiurge as the purest and most perfect being, void of malice and evil ("Plato: Political Philosophy." par. 18). ... To come back to Aristotle's matter and form theory, he believed that the body is the matter, and that the soul is the form, and that the combination of both makes one whole ("Tape 5: Aristotle, The Politics." par 28). ... (Aristotle qtd in Irwin 131) According to Aristotle, the soul is not corporeal and it is very different from a body ("Tape 5: Aristotle, The Politics." par.29). ... In fact, Aris...

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