Premium Content The Role of the Household in Aristotle's Politics
By Jason Van Dyke - February 27, 2003
Aristotle notes two political communities that are “lessâ€? than the polis: the household and the village. Of these two communities, the household receives far more discussion and is the foundation of much of Aristotle’s political theory. The origins of the household are found in the basic human partnership between a male and female for the…
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