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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The study of the final good is part of political science, due to the fact that politics is part of securing the highest ends for human life. ... When talking about happiness, Aristotle considers one's life as a whole, not just brief moments of it. ... Aristotle treats happiness as an action and not as a state. ... In the article Aristotle states "activity of soul in accordance with virtue, and if there are more than one virtue, in accordance with the best and most complete" (Aristotle, 4). ... In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, happiness has a different definition then how ...

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Perhaps the most crucial relationship to be noted within the study and discussion of political theory is the relationship between the individual and the society which he is situated in. ... The nature of these symbiotic responsibilities varies greatly between some of the most acclaimed political theorists who have deliberated on the topic. 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 a...

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To be truthful is to be human To thine own self be true And it must follow, as the night the day Thou const not then are false to any man Polonius, Act I Scene III, Hamlet by Shakespeare Truth is not a definition, a rule or Gods will. Its a form of life. A person can be taught what truth is but no...

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