Of the 158 constitutional histories, only one, the Constitution of Athens, survives; scholars think that it was written by Aristotle himself. At any rate, Aristotle had a very large empirical database for his theorizing about politics. 2. ... Thus, to cities of human beings, Aristotle would compare schools of fish, flocks of geese, hives of bees, anthills, and so forth.] ... In Politics III.9 Aristotle argues against competing conceptions of the nature and purpose of a political system. ... How could a political liberal object to Aristotle's argument for his paternalistic principle?...

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Aristotle argues that man is political by nature due to speech. ... The unity between a man and woman is Aristotle's evidence that associations form in a state of nature. ... Although it seems odd, Machiavelli actually agrees with Aristotle on this point. ... As stated earlier, Aristotle subscribes to this idea of natural human imperfection, but Aristotle believes it is the associative impulse of man that eventually leads them to forming political societies founded on a joint understanding of justice. ... Aristotle would say that the virtuous man seeks justice and the truth in his every...

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Aristotle, to prove his theory relevant, proves this point from countless directions. ... Starting off, Aristotle knows that for every action, there is a desired end result or reaction. ... Aristotle then applies this to human existence in its entirety. ... Aristotle then objectively defines what he agrees to be virtuous behavior. ... These include sex, food, materialism, and even mood-altering drugs which is not covered by Aristotle. ...

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Some people hold that time is cyclical - related to Aristotle's belief that time is similar to a circle, with no beginning or ending. ... It was Plato's belief that time is the "circular motion of the heavens," but Aristotle held firm in his rebuttal of this theory in his belief that time is the "number of movement in respect of the before and after, and is she continuous In respect of size there is no minimum; for every line is divided ad infinitum. ... (Dowden) Aristotle argued that time was neither the circular motion of the heavens, nor any other motion, but that time is used to...

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Though some, such as Aristotle, felt that humans are truly "social and political " animals who rely on each other and thrive on communication, there are others, such as Rousseau, who contrarily believe that humans' optimal state occurs when they exist as non-social beings. ... Plato's view of human ability appears to be in direct opposition to that of Aristotle, who outlines in his "Politics"" the utmost importance of social interaction to the formation of an ideal state. Whereas Plato deems humans unable to truly contribute to an ideal society, Aristotle believes that through educat...

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Another example is displayed through the spread of the ideas of Aristotle and Ptolemy to Europe through wars with nearby nations.6 In other words, politically- ignited wars spread the theories and truths of science. ...

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Religion is the practice of belief, in most cases identifying to the existence of a divine, transcendent being or beings. The proposals of Plato selected to be discussed will adhere to a general definition that religion is "a strong belief in a supernatural power that control human destiny".1 This will enable an appropriate scope into the discussion, and allow us to explore ideas beyond defining religion as simply codified practises of prayer, ritual and religious law, as these were not substantial within Plato's work. Plato's ideas that were contained within a religious co...

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Basing arguments on the foundations of the classical writers such as Aristotle no longer produced valid views, as such work supported the belief of witchcraft because these writers had not the knowledge now known in modern times. ...

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