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| summary of politics by aristotle: The Politics Aristotle, 1981-09-17 Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, 'The Politics' still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle's thorough and carefully argued analysis is based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a huge range of political issues in order to establish which types of constitution are best - both ideally and in particular circumstances - and how they may be maintained. Aristotle's opinions form an essential background to the thinking of philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli and Jean Bodin and both his premises and arguments raise questions that are as relevant to modern society as they were to the ancient world. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's Politics Thornton Lockwood, Thanassis Samaras, 2015-10-09 Offering fresh interpretations of Aristotle's key work, this collection opens new paths for students and scholars to explore. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Politics Aristotle, 2010-12-01 The first eighth of Aristotle's (384-322 BC) work of political philosophy. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: The Politics Book DK, 2024-11-26 Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Politics in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Politics Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Politics, with: - More than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts - A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout - Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Politics Book is a captivating introduction to the world's greatest thinkers and their political big ideas that continue to shape our lives today, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Delve into the development of long-running themes, like attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from Confucius in ancient China to Mahatma Gandhi in 20th-century India, all through exciting text and bold graphics. Your Politics Questions, Simply Explained This engaging overview explores the big political ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism, exploring their beginnings and social contexts - and the political thinkers who have made significant contributions. If you thought it was difficult to learn about governing bodies and affairs, The Politics Book presents key information in a clear layout. Learn about the ideas of ancient and medieval philosophers and statesmen, as well as the key personalities of the 16th to the 21st centuries that have shaped political thinking, policy, and statecraft. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Politics Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: An Analysis of Aristotle's Politics Katherine Berrisford, Riley Quinn, 2017-07-05 Politics was one of the first books to investigate the concept of political philosophy and the starting point of political science studies as we know them. Written in the fourth century B.C.E., it explores how best to create political communities that support, serve, and improve citizens. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's Teaching in the "Politics" Thomas L. Pangle, 2014-10-24 With Aristotle’s Teaching in the “Politics,” Thomas L. Pangle offers a masterly new interpretation of this classic philosophical work. It is widely believed that the Politics originated as a written record of a series of lectures given by Aristotle, and scholars have relied on that fact to explain seeming inconsistencies and instances of discontinuity throughout the text. Breaking from this tradition, Pangle makes the work’s origin his starting point, reconceiving the Politics as the pedagogical tool of a master teacher. With the Politics, Pangle argues, Aristotle seeks to lead his students down a deliberately difficult path of critical thinking about civic republican life. He adopts a Socratic approach, encouraging his students—and readers—to become active participants in a dialogue. Seen from this perspective, features of the work that have perplexed previous commentators become perfectly comprehensible as artful devices of a didactic approach. Ultimately, Pangle’s close and careful analysis shows that to understand the Politics, one must first appreciate how Aristotle’s rhetorical strategy is inextricably entwined with the subject of his work. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens Aristotle, 1996-10-03 An extended and revised edition of one of the best-selling Cambridge Texts. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics Kevin M. Cherry, 2012-04-30 In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Plato and Aristotle about the practice, study and, above all, the purpose of politics. The first scholar to place Aristotle's Politics in sustained dialogue with Plato's Statesman, Cherry argues that Aristotle rejects the view of politics advanced by Plato's Eleatic Stranger, contrasting them on topics such as the proper categorization of regimes, the usefulness and limitations of the rule of law, and the proper understanding of phronēsis. The various differences between their respective political philosophies, however, reflect a more fundamental difference in how they view the relationship of human beings to the natural world around them. Reading the Politics in light of the Statesman sheds new light on Aristotle's political theory and provides a better understanding of Aristotle's criticism of Socrates. Most importantly, it highlights an enduring and important question: should politics have as its primary purpose the preservation of life, or should it pursue the higher good of living well? |
| summary of politics by aristotle: A Democracy of Distinction Jill Frank, 2005-01-05 Publisher Description |
| summary of politics by aristotle: The Public and the Private in Aristotle's Political Philosophy Judith A. Swanson, 2019-03-15 Aristotle offers a conception of the private and its relationship to the public that suggests a remedy to the limitations of liberalism today, according to Judith A. Swanson. In this fresh and lucid interpretation of Aristotle's political philosophy, Swanson challenges the dominant view that he regards the private as a mere precondition to the public. She argues, rather, that for Aristotle private activity develops virtue and is thus essential both to individual freedom and happiness and to the well-being of the political order. Swanson presents an innovative reading of The Politics which revises our understanding of Aristotle's political economy and his views on women and the family, slavery, and the relation between friendship and civic solidarity. She examines the private activities Aristotle considers necessary to a complete human life—maintaining a household, transacting business, sustaining friendships, and philosophizing. Focusing on ways Aristotle's public invests in the private through law, rule, and education, she shows how the public can foster a morally and intellectually virtuous citizenry. In contrast to classical liberal theory, which presents privacy as a shield of rights protecting individuals from one another and from the state, for Aristotle a regime can attain self-sufficiency only by bringing about a dynamic equilibrium between the public and the private. The Public and the Private in Aristotle's Political Philosophy will be essential reading for scholars and students of political philosophy, political theory, classics, intellectual history, and the history of women. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Politics Marguerite Deslauriers, Pierre Destrée, 2013-08-29 One of the most influential works in the history of political theory, Aristotle's Politics is a treatise in practical philosophy, intended to inform legislators and to create the conditions for virtuous and self-sufficient lives for the citizens of a state. In this Companion, distinguished scholars offer new perspectives on the work and its themes. After an opening exploration of the relation between Aristotle's ethics and his politics, the central chapters follow the sequence of the eight books of the Politics, taking up questions such as the role of reason in legitimizing rule, the common good, justice, slavery, private property, citizenship, democracy and deliberation, unity, conflict, law and authority, and education. The closing chapters discuss the interaction between Aristotle's political thought and contemporary democratic theory. The volume will provide a valuable resource for those studying ancient philosophy, classics, and the history of political thought. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's Politics Aristotle, 2013-03-29 The “groundbreaking translation” of the foundational text of Western political thought, now in a revised and expanded edition (History of Political Thought). Aristotle’s masterwork is the first systematic treatise on the science of politics. Carnes Lord’s lucid translation helped raise scholarly interest in the work and has served as the standard English edition for decades. Widely regarded as the most faithful to both the original Greek and Aristotle’s distinctive style, it is also written in clear, contemporary English. This new edition of the Politics retains and adds to Lord’s already extensive notes, clarifying the flow of Aristotle’s argument and identifying literary and historical references. A glossary defines key terms in Aristotle’s philosophical-political vocabulary. Lord has also made revisions to problematic passages throughout the translation in order to enhance both its accuracy and its readability. He has also substantially revised his introduction for the new edition, presenting an account of Aristotle’s life in relation to political events of his time; the character and history of his writings and of the Politics in particular; his overall conception of political science; and his impact on subsequent political thought from antiquity to the present. Further enhancing this new edition is an up-to-date selected bibliography. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Rediscovering Political Friendship Paul W. Ludwig, 2020-01-09 Applies Aristotle's argument - that citizenship is like friendship - to the liberal and democratic societies of the present day. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle's Polis D. Brendan Nagle, 2006-03-13 Among ancient writers Aristotle offers the most profound analysis of the ancient Greek household and its relationship to the state. The household was not the family in the modern sense of the term, but a much more powerful entity with significant economic, political, social, and educational resources. The success of the polis in all its forms lay in the reliability of households to provide it with the kinds of citizens it needed to ensure its functioning. In turn, the state offered the members of its households a unique opportunity for humans to flourish. This 2006 book explains how Aristotle thought household and state interacted within the polis. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle, 2019-11-05 |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's Legal Theory George Duke, 2020 This book offers a systematic exposition of Aristotle's legal thought and account of the relationship between law and politics. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's 'Politics' Judith A. Swanson, C. David Corbin, 2009-07-21 An accessible introduction to Aristotle's Politics - a classic of political theory, widely considered to be the founding text of Western political science. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Physics Aristotle, 1999 The eighth book of Aristotle's Physics is the culmination of his theory of nature. He discusses not just physics, but the origins of the universe and the metaphysical foundations of cosmology and physical science. He moves from the discussion of motion in the cosmos to the identification of a single source and regulating principle of all motion, and so argues for the existence of a first 'unmoved mover'. Daniel Graham offers a clear, accurate new translation of this key text in the history of Western thought, and accompanies the translation with a careful philosophical commentary to guide the reader towards an understanding of the wealth of important and influential arguments and ideas that Aristotle puts forward. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: The Currency of Politics Stefan Eich, 2022-05-24 Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies—money. Yet despite the centrality of political struggles over money, it remains difficult to articulate its democratic possibilities and limits. The Currency of Politics takes readers from ancient Greece to today to provide an intellectual history of money, drawing on the insights of key political philosophers to show how money is not just a medium of exchange but also a central institution of political rule. Money appears to be beyond the reach of democratic politics, but this appearance—like so much about money—is deceptive. Even when the politics of money is impossible to ignore, its proper democratic role can be difficult to discern. Stefan Eich examines six crucial episodes of monetary crisis, recovering the neglected political theories of money in the thought of such figures as Aristotle, John Locke, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. He shows how these layers of crisis have come to define the way we look at money, and argues that informed public debate about money requires a better appreciation of the diverse political struggles over its meaning. Recovering foundational ideas at the intersection of monetary rule and democratic politics, The Currency of Politics explains why only through greater awareness of the historical limits of monetary politics can we begin to articulate more democratic conceptions of money. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: The Art of Rhetoric (Collins Classics) Aristotle, 2012-09-13 HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's "Best Regime" Clifford A. Bates, Jr., 2002-12-01 The collapse of the Soviet Union and other Marxist regimes around the world seems to have left liberal democracy as the only surviving ideology, and yet many scholars of political thought still find liberal democracy objectionable, using Aristotle's Politics to support their views. In this detailed analysis of Book 3 of Aristotle's work, Clifford Angell Bates, Jr., challenges these scholars, demonstrating that Aristotle was actually a defender of democracy. Proving the relevance of classical political philosophy to modern democratic problems, Bates argues that Aristotle not only defends popular rule but suggests that democracy, restrained by the rule of law, is the best form of government. According to Aristotle, because human beings are naturally sociable, democracy is the regime that best helps man reach his potential; and because of human nature, it is inevitable democracies will prevail. Bates explains why Aristotle's is a sound position between two extremes -- participatory democracy, which romanticizes the people, and elite theory, which underrates them. Aristotle, he shows, sees the people as they really are and nevertheless believes their self-rule, under law, is ultimately better than all competing forms. However, the philosopher does not believe democracy should be imposed universally. It must arise out of the given cultural, environmental, and historical traditions of a people or its will fall into tyranny. Bates's fresh interpretation rests on innovative approaches to reading Book 3 -- which he deems vital to understanding all of Aristotle's Politics. Examining the work in the original Greek as well as in translation, he addresses questions about the historical Aristotle versus the posited Aristotle, the genre and structure of the text, and both the theoretical and the dialogic nature of the work. Carting Aristotle's rhetorical strategies, Bates shows that Book 3 is not simply a treatise but a series of dialogues that develop a nuanced defense of democratic rule. Bates's accessible and faithful exposition of Aristotle's work confirms that the philosopher's teachings are not merely of historical interest but speak directly to liberal democracy's current crisis of self-understanding. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Politics of Nature Bruno Latour, 2009-07-01 A major work by one of the more innovative thinkers of our time, Politics of Nature does nothing less than establish the conceptual context for political ecology—transplanting the terms of ecology into more fertile philosophical soil than its proponents have thus far envisioned. Bruno Latour announces his project dramatically: “Political ecology has nothing whatsoever to do with nature, this jumble of Greek philosophy, French Cartesianism and American parks.” Nature, he asserts, far from being an obvious domain of reality, is a way of assembling political order without due process. Thus, his book proposes an end to the old dichotomy between nature and society—and the constitution, in its place, of a collective, a community incorporating humans and nonhumans and building on the experiences of the sciences as they are actually practiced. In a critique of the distinction between fact and value, Latour suggests a redescription of the type of political philosophy implicated in such a “commonsense” division—which here reveals itself as distinctly uncommonsensical and in fact fatal to democracy and to a healthy development of the sciences. Moving beyond the modernist institutions of “mononaturalism” and “multiculturalism,” Latour develops the idea of “multinaturalism,” a complex collectivity determined not by outside experts claiming absolute reason but by “diplomats” who are flexible and open to experimentation. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle Richard Kraut, 2002 This book presents a wide-ranging overview of Aristotle's political thought that makes him come alive as a philosopher who can speak to our own times. Beginning with a critique of subjectivist accounts of well-being, Kraut goes on to assess Aristotle's objective and universalistic account ofeudaimonia and excellent activity. He offers a detailed interpretation of Aristotle's conception of justice in the Nicomachean Ethics, and then turns to the major themes of the Politics: the political nature of human beings, the city's priority over the individual, the justification of slavery, thedefence of the family and property, the pluralistic nature of cities and the need for their unification, the distinction between good citizenship and full virtue, the value and limits of popular control over elites, the corrosive effects of poverty and wealth, the critique of democratic conceptionsof freedom and equality, and the radically egalitarian institutions of the ideal society. Aristotle's political philosophy, as Kraut reads it, provides a model of the way in which a rich understanding of human well-being can guide the amelioration of a world in which agreement about the human goodis rarely, if ever, achieved. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle and Natural Law Tony Burns, 2011-10-27 Aristotle and Natural Law lays out a new theoretical approach which distinguishes between the notions of 'interpretation,' 'appropriation,' 'negotiation' and 'reconstruction' of the meaning of texts and their component concepts. These categories are then deployed in an examination of the role which the concept of natural law is used by Aristotle in a number of key texts. The book argues that Aristotle appropriated the concept of natural law, first formulated by the defenders of naturalism in the 'nature versus convention debate' in classical Athens. Thereby he contributed to the emergence and historical evolution of the meaning of one of the most important concept in the lexicon of Western political thought. Aristotle and Natural Law argues that Aristotle's ethics is best seen as a certain type of natural law theory which does not allow for the possibility that individuals might appeal to natural law in order to criticize existing laws and institutions. Rather its function is to provide them with a philosophical justification from the standpoint of Aristotle's metaphysics. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Politics Aristotle, Joe Sachs, 2012 The Focus Philosophical Library's edition of Aristotle's Politics is a lucid and useful translation for the student of undergraduate philosophy, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization. This edition includes an introductory essay, notes, glossary, and index, intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Aristotle's immediate audience. Focus Philosophical Library books are distinguished by their commitment to faithful, clear, and consistent presentations of texts and the rich world part and parcel of those texts. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Justice and Reciprocity in Aristotle's Political Philosophy Kazutaka Inamura, 2015-09-17 Examines Aristotle's approaches to how to develop a political community based on the notions of justice and friendship. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle on Prescription Francesca Alesse, 2018-10-22 The focus of Aristotle on Prescription is Aristotle’s reflections on rule-making. It is widely believed that Aristotle was only concerned with decision-making, understood as a deliberative process enabling a person to arrive at particular, contingent decisions. However, rule-making is fundamental to Aristotle’s ethical texts. Establishing rules means indicating patterns for action that are sufficiently specific to meet situational difficulties and sufficiently constant in time to provide us with a code of behaviour to be used in similar situations. When we prescribe rules, we demonstrate the ability to direct not only our own life but also other people’s lives. Alesse’s book explores Aristotle’s deep reflections on the nature and functions of prescription, and on the relationship between rules and individual decisions. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 2012-02-21 Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Galileo, 2001-10-02 Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in Florence in 1632, was the most proximate cause of his being brought to trial before the Inquisition. Using the dialogue form, a genre common in classical philosophical works, Galileo masterfully demonstrates the truth of the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic one, proving, for the first time, that the earth revolves around the sun. Its influence is incalculable. The Dialogue is not only one of the most important scientific treatises ever written, but a work of supreme clarity and accessibility, remaining as readable now as when it was first published. This edition uses the definitive text established by the University of California Press, in Stillman Drake’s translation, and includes a Foreword by Albert Einstein and a new Introduction by J. L. Heilbron. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Politics Aristotle, David Keyt, 1995 This reissue of Robinson's classic volume on Books III and IV of the Politics is brought up-to-date by a new supplementary essay and bibliography. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Analytical Politics Melvin J. Hinich, Michael C. Munger, 1997-04-13 To 'analyse' means to break into components and understand. But new readers find modern mathematical theories of politics so inaccessible that analysis is difficult. Where does one start? Analytical Politics is an introduction to analytical theories of politics, explicitly designed both for the interested professional and students in political science. We cannot evaluate how well governments perform without some baseline for comparison: what should governments be doing? This book focuses on the role of the 'center' in politics, drawing from the classical political theories of Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others. The main questions in Analytical Politics involve the existence and stability of the center; when does it exist? When should the center guide policy? How do alternative voting rules help in discovering the center? An understanding of the work reviewed here is essential for anyone who hopes to evaluate the performance or predict the actions of democratic governments. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotelian Philosophy Kelvin Knight, 2013-05-30 Aristotle is the most influential philosopher of practice, and Knight's new book explores the continuing importance of Aristotelian philosophy. First, it examines the theoretical bases of what Aristotle said about ethical, political and productive activity. It then traces ideas of practice through such figures as St Paul, Luther, Hegel, Heidegger and recent Aristotelian philosophers, and evaluates Alasdair MacIntyre's contribution. Knight argues that, whereas Aristotle's own thought legitimated oppression, MacIntyre's revision of Aristotelianism separates ethical excellence from social elitism and justifies resistance. With MacIntyre, Aristotelianism becomes revolutionary. MacIntyre's case for the Thomistic Aristotelian tradition originates in his attempt to elaborate a Marxist ethics informed by analytic philosophy. He analyses social practices in teleological terms, opposing them to capitalist institutions and arguing for the cooperative defence of our moral agency. In condensing these ideas, Knight advances a theoretical argument for the reformation of Aristotelianism and an ethical argument for social change. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric Aristotle, 2019-03-29 A “singularly accurate, readable, and elegant translation [of] this much-neglected foundational text of political philosophy” (Peter Ahrensdorf, Davidson College). For more than two thousand years, Aristotle’s“Art of Rhetoric” has shaped thought on the theory and practice of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle defines three kinds of rhetoric (deliberative, judicial, and epideictic); discusses three rhetorical modes of persuasion; and describes the diction, style, and necessary parts of a successful speech. Throughout, Aristotle defends rhetoric as an art and a crucial tool for deliberative politics while also recognizing its capacity to be misused by unscrupulous politicians to mislead or illegitimately persuade others. Here Robert C. Bartlett offers an authoritative yet accessible new translation of Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric,” one that takes into account important alternatives in the manuscript and is fully annotated to explain historical, literary, and other allusions. Bartlett’s translation is also accompanied by an outline of the argument of each book; copious indexes, including subjects, proper names, and literary citations; a glossary of key terms; and a substantial interpretive essay. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Political Philosophy Richard G. Stevens, 2010-10-18 This book by Richard G. Stevens is a comprehensive introduction to the nature of political philosophy. It offers definitions of philosophy and politics, showing the tension between the two and the origin of political philosophy as a means of resolution of that tension. Plato and Aristotle are examined in order to see the search for the best political order. Inquiry is then made into political philosophy's new tension brought about by the growth of revealed religion in the Middle Ages. It then examines the changes introduced by modernity and gives an overview of postmodern political thought. The book covers the most influential philosophers and directs readers to the classics of political philosophy, guiding them in studying them. It is an approachable introduction to a complex subject, not just a history of it. It is a point of entry into the subject for students and for others as well. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Aristotle's Way Edith Hall, 2019-01-15 From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a lasting state of contentment, which should be the ultimate goal of human life. We become happy through finding a purpose, realizing our potential, and modifying our behavior to become the best version of ourselves. With these objectives in mind, Aristotle developed a humane program for becoming a happy person, which has stood the test of time, comprising much of what today we associate with the good life: meaning, creativity, and positivity. Most importantly, Aristotle understood happiness as available to the vast majority us, but only, crucially, if we decide to apply ourselves to its creation--and he led by example. As Hall writes, If you believe that the goal of human life is to maximize happiness, then you are a budding Aristotelian. In expert yet vibrant modern language, Hall lays out the crux of Aristotle's thinking, mixing affecting autobiographical anecdotes with a deep wealth of classical learning. For Hall, whose own life has been greatly improved by her understanding of Aristotle, this is an intensely personal subject. She distills his ancient wisdom into ten practical and universal lessons to help us confront life's difficult and crucial moments, summarizing a lifetime of the most rarefied and brilliant scholarship. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Greek Political Thought Ryan K. Balot, 2008-04-15 This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought showswhat ancient political texts might mean to citizens of thetwenty-first century. A provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greekpolitical thought Demonstrates what ancient Greek works of political philosophymight mean to citizens of the twenty-first century Examines an array of poetic, historical, and philosophicaltexts in an effort to locate Greek political thought in itscultural context Pays careful attention to the distinctively ancient connectionsbetween politics and ethics Structured around key themes such as the origins of politicalthought, political self-definition, revolutions in politicalthought, democracy and imperialism |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Political Emotions Martha C. Nussbaum, 2013-10-01 How can we achieve and sustain a decent liberal society, one that aspires to justice and equal opportunity for all and inspires individuals to sacrifice for the common good? In this book, a continuation of her explorations of emotions and the nature of social justice, Martha Nussbaum makes the case for love. Amid the fears, resentments, and competitive concerns that are endemic even to good societies, public emotions rooted in love—in intense attachments to things outside our control—can foster commitment to shared goals and keep at bay the forces of disgust and envy. Great democratic leaders, including Abraham Lincoln, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr., have understood the importance of cultivating emotions. But people attached to liberalism sometimes assume that a theory of public sentiments would run afoul of commitments to freedom and autonomy. Calling into question this perspective, Nussbaum investigates historical proposals for a public civil religion or religion of humanity by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Auguste Comte, John Stuart Mill, and Rabindranath Tagore. She offers an account of how a decent society can use resources inherent in human psychology, while limiting the damage done by the darker side of our personalities. And finally she explores the cultivation of emotions that support justice in examples drawn from literature, song, political rhetoric, festivals, memorials, and even the design of public parks. Love is what gives respect for humanity its life, Nussbaum writes, making it more than a shell. Political Emotionsis a challenging and ambitious contribution to political philosophy. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: On Aristotle Alan Ryan, 2013-11-18 Examines Plato's most famous student and sharpest critic, whose writing has helped shape over two millennia of Western philosophy, science, and religion. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: The Allegory of the Cave Plato, 2021-01-08 The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a) to compare the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature. It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the sun (508b–509c) and the analogy of the divided line (509d–511e). All three are characterized in relation to dialectic at the end of Books VII and VIII (531d–534e). Plato has Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them, and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners' reality. |
| summary of politics by aristotle: Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong Kathleen Hall Jamieson, 2000-06-23 A media expert and network commentator examines the welter of misinformation--generated by politicians and the media alike--that surrounds political campaigns. |
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renowned work, simply titled "Politics," Aristotle explores the nature of the state, examines different systems of government, and provides invaluable insights into the virtues and vices …
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The Politics of Aristotle, trans. into English with introduction, marginal analysis, essays, notes and indices by Benjamin Jowett. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1885. 2 vols. Vol. 1.
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a. Aristotle begins the Politics by talking about the different kinds of community organization that structure human life. Such communities exist on every level of social life: there are families, households, religious organizations, and so on. b. But Aristotle takes the polis—the city or city-state—to be the most important kind of community.
Politics - McMaster University
4/Aristotle Part II He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them. In the first place there must be a union of those who cannot exist without each other; namely, of male and female, that the race may continue (and this
Aristotle’s Politics - University of Massachusetts Lowell
Edward Clayton, Aristotle’s Politics, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (selected short sections): The Politics, Book I: Man, the Political Animal. Slavery. Women. The Politics, Book V. Conflict Between the Rich and the Poor. How to Preserve Regimes. …
ARISTOTLE S POLITICS - Cambridge University Press
ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS Arguably the foundational text of Western political theory, Aristotle’s Politics has become one of the most widely and carefully studied works in ethical and political philosophy. This volume of essays offers fresh interpretations of Aristotle’s key work and opens new paths for students and scholars to explore.
Summary of Politics by Aristotle - cdn.bookey.app
renowned work, simply titled "Politics," Aristotle explores the nature of the state, examines different systems of government, and provides invaluable insights into the virtues and vices that can either drive a society towards its full potential or lead it astray. To truly comprehend the profound impact of Aristotle's "Politics," let us embark ...
Politics (Focus Philosophical Library) - Archive.org
One topic about which Aristotle speaks a number of times in the Politics is the government of Sparta, and this might provide us with a brief illustration of the way the work hangs together.
Politics (trans. Reeve) - Archive.org
ARISTOTLE Politics Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by C.D.C. Reeve Hackett Publishing Company Indianapolis I Cambridge
Summary Of Aristotle Politics 1 - obiemaps.oberlin.edu
Your Politics Questions, Simply Explained This engaging overview explores the big political ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism, exploring their beginnings and social contexts - and the political thinkers who have made significant contributions.
5013 Aristotle Politics - ETH Z
The Politics of Aristotle, trans. into English with introduction, marginal analysis, essays, notes and indices by Benjamin Jowett. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1885. 2 vols. Vol. 1.
ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS - Cambridge University Press
One of the most influential works in the history of political theory, Aristotle’s Politics is a treatise in practical philos-ophy, intended to inform legislators and to create the con-ditions for virtuous and self-sufficient lives for the citizens of a state.
Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics ...
POLITICS B. Jowett BOOK I 1 • Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for ev-eryone always acts in order to obtain that which they think good. But, if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics - Scholars at Harvard
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics. Overview of the two works: NE and Politics form basically a single enquiry, the whole of which could fairly be entitled ‘Politics’ (NE I.2). The point of the work is to consider the mode of life in which human happiness consists (happiness, or eudaimonia, is the highest good, for we choose it ...
Aristotle The Politics - Tim Freeman
First, let us consider what is the purpose of a state, and how many forms of government there are by which human society is regulated. We have already said, in the first part of this treatise, when discussing household management and the rule of a master, that …
CARNES LORD: Aristotle, The Politics, translated with an …
CARNES LORD: Aristotle, The Politics, translated with an Introduc-tion, Notes and Glossary. Pp. 284; 2 maps. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1984. ?29.75. The dust-cover asserts, in its excited way, that this translation combines 'strict fidelity to Aristotle's Greek with a contemporary English prose style'...'The result is the
The Political Philosophy of Aristotle
Here then we leave the ethics and begin the politics." Sir Frederick Pollock places two great achievements to the credit of Aristotle: first, that he separated politics from ethics; and, second, that he adopts a correct method. Of the first of these it must be said that Aristotle does not carry the separation of ethics and politics as far as ...
The Politics By: Aristotle Translated by Benjamin Jowett - Saylor …
The Politics. By: Aristotle Translated by Benjamin Jowett. BOOK ONE. Part I. Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always act in order to obtain that which they think good.
Aristotle's Four Conceptions of Politics
ARISTOTLE'S FOUR CONCEPTIONS OF POLITICS. PATRICK GOBY. Smith College. IT IS a demanding task to follow Aristotle in the Politics as he elucidates the character of a good regime.
Aristotle The Politics Book 1 Summary (2024)
Conclusion: Aristotle's Politics, Book I, lays the foundation for his entire political philosophy. By exploring the nature of human beings as political animals, the development of social associations, and the ultimate aim of the polis, Aristotle provides a framework for
An Aristotelian Trilogy: Ethics, Rhetoric, Politics, and
Aristotle's view rhetorical excellence is essential to the exercise of moral virtue. It is this fundamental connection with virtue, moreover, that finally complètes the trilatéral relationship among ethics, rhetoric, and politics. What does Aristotle teil us about rhetoric that might clarify its
Community and Conflict in Aristotle's Political Philosophy
Aristotle's contemporary interpreters to look for counterimages to liberal im-ages of political society in his work. As a result, they tend to ignore or under-play the connections which Aristotle draws between political community and political conflict. By interpreting Aristotle's concepts of political community
