Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

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Why are human communities, i.e. political societies/the polis formed?

 

oneida g #204425
Oct 06, 2011 11:19 AM

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Why are human communities, i.e. political societies/the polis formed?

Why are human communities, i.e. political societies/the polis formed?

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Roskolnikov
Dec 13, 2011 3:36 PM

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In short, answer to this question would be akin to the substance of his Nichomachean Ethics: namely, happiness. True happiness, for Aristotle means a cultivation of the virtues in the community called the polis. Ethics is political nature, and vice versa. There is no meaningful way to separate the two.
 

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